Stephens

Stephens, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, an American statesman, was born in Georgia in 1812, admitted to the bar in 1834, and elected by the Whigs in 1843 to congress, where he sat till 1859. He advocated the annexation of Texas as early as 1838, and in 1854 defended the Kansas-Nebraska act. He at first opposed secession, but in 1861 became vice-president of the Confederacy, and in 1865 was imprisoned for five months. He sat in congress again from 1874 to 1882, was elected governor of Georgia in 1882, and died 4th March 1883. His War between the States appeared in 1867-70.