The Stephens
- Alexander H. Stephens (1812–1883), Georgia State Representative 1836-1841, Georgia State Senator 1842, U.S. Representative from Georgia 1843-1859 1873-1882, Delegate to the Confederate States Provisional Congress from Georgia 1861-1862, Vice President of the Confederate States 1861-1865, candidate for U.S. Senate from Georgia 1872, Governor of Georgia 1882-1883. Brother of Linton Stephens.
- Linton Stephens (1823–1872), Georgia State Representative 1849 1863, Georgia State Senator 1853-1855, candidate for U.S. Representative from Georgia 1855 1857, Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court 1859-1860. Brother of Alexander H. Stephens.
- Robert G. Stephens, Jr. (1913–2003), Attorney of Athens, Georgia 1947-1950; Georgia State Senator 1951-1953; Georgia State Representative 1953-1959; delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1964; U.S. Representative from Georgia 1961-1977. Great-grandnephew of Alexander H. Stephens.
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Famous quotes containing the word stephens:
“And said he’d kill, and kill, and kill;
And so he will! And so he will!”
—James Kenneth Stephens (1882–1950)
“Crouching down where nothing stirs
In the silence of the furze,
Crouching down again to brood
In the sunny solitude.”
—James Kenneth Stephens (1882–1950)