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	Alexander Hamilton Stephens Biography
		Stephens fully approved the peace policy proposed by the Confederate government, which was manifested by sending commissioners to Washington without delay Astounded by the treatment these eminent gentlemen received, he vigorously denounced the duplicity of Mr.
		Stephens favored a vigorous prosecution of all diplomatic measures, and an active military preparation by the Confederacy.
		Stephens began to press with some vehemence upon the administration at Richmond his views as to measures designed to end the carnage of battle.
	www.civilwarhome.com /stephens.htm (1964 words)

	Alexander Stephens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alexander Hamilton Stephens (February 11, 1812 – March 4, 1883) was Vice President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.
		Stephens was born near Crawfordville, Taliaferro County, Georgia.
		Stephens was elected Governor of Georgia in 1882 and served until his death in Atlanta.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_Stephens (1220 words)

	HarpWeek: Cartoon of the Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		To ridicule Alexander Stephens's candidacy for the governorship of Georgia in 1882, cartoonist Thomas Nast depicts the 70-year-old, diminutive, and sickly former vice president of the Confederacy in a baby carriage.
		Alexander Hamilton Stephens was born in Georgia in 1812.
		Stephens, though, worked behind the scenes with Henry Clay and Stephen Douglas to craft the Compromise of 1850, which recognized California as a free state, opened the New Mexico territory to slavery, banned the slave trade in the nation's capital, and enacted a law facilitating the return of runaway slaves.
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	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Alexander Stephens (1812-1883)
		During his political apprenticeship Stephens made a lifelong friend and ally in a man who was in many ways his opposite, the robust and blustery Robert Toombs.
		In the early 1850s, Stephens and Toombs seized leadership of the state party from the less politically adroit John Macpherson Berrien.
		Stephens likewise had less and less use for the Richmond, Virginia, government, and the amount of time he spent in the Confederate capital decreased commensurately.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2492 (898 words)

	ALEXANDER HAMILTON STEPHENS - LoveToKnow Article on ALEXANDER HAMILTON STEPHENS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Stephens and other Whigs of the South then chose Daniel Webster, but a little later they joined the Democrats.
		Stephens, meantime, was appointed to a mission to Central America.
		It enjoyed a wide popularity, and Stephens was urged to prosecute his researches of American antiquities in Peru, but was disinclined to so distant an expedition.
	97.1911encyclopedia.org /S/ST/STEPHENS_ALEXANDER_HAMILTON.htm (1100 words)

	Alexander Stephens
		Stephens joined the Whig Party and in 1836 he was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives.
		Stephens was a strong opponent of the Mexican War and was highly critical of President James Polk during this conflict.
		Alexander Hamilton Stephens was elected to the 43rd Congress and served from December, 1873 until his resignation in November, 1882.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAstephensA.htm (641 words)

	Manhattanville College Library Rare Books and Manuscripts: Alexander Stephens Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Stephens was actively involved in major political events of the pre-Civil War era: the annexation of Texas, the Compromise Act of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
		Stephens was reelected to the House of Representatives in 1877, where he served until winning election as governor of Georgia in 1882.
		Newspaper clippings regarding Alexander Stephens and Linton Stephens, as well as reprints of their speeches; obituaries of Linton's daughter Mother Claude Stephens; family photographs; postcards and photos of Liberty Hall, Alexander Stephens's home; manuscripts of speeches and articles by Alexander Stephens.
	www.mville.edu /library/specialcollections/stephens.htm (916 words)

	Biography of Alexander H. Stephens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Stephens at Crawfordville, which led to a correspondence in which the views of both statesmen were fully expressed, but as Mr.
		Stephens opposed secession, but proposed the state convention of Jan. 16, 1861, that a full voice of the people might be obtained, and he voted against secession with 88 other delegates, 208 voting for the measure.
		On March 21, he spoke in Savannah in favor of the upholding of the new Confederate States constitution, declaring that its chief corner stone was slavery; and in April he urged upon the Virginia state convention assembled at Richmond the adoption of the ordinance of secession.
	www.giddeon.com /wilkes/bios/stephens-ah.shtml (1425 words)

	Alexander Hamilton Stephens
		Alexander Hamilton Stephens was born near Crawfordville, Taliaferro County, Georgia, on February 11, 1812.
		Always in frail health, Stephens was nonetheless a dedicated statesman, an effective leader, and a powerful orator, always seeking moderation and peace.
		Throughout his life Stephens helped numerous deserving young men secure an education, and he was influential in the affairs of the Wesleyan, the first state chartered female college.
	www.aoc.gov /cc/art/nsh/stephens.cfm (271 words)

	Stephens or Stevens Genealogy
		Zachariah Stephens was born February 8, 1787 in South Carolina according to the 1880 and 1860 Federal Census of Itawamba County.
		Stephens, the subject of this notice, was born in Williamson County, Tenn., November 9, 1829.
		The eldest daughter of Dennis and Jane Stephens was Susan T. J., born in l825; the next child was a daughter, Martba E. born in 1827; Marcus D. LaFayette, the subject of this notice, was born in 1829, and Melissa A. was horn in 1832.
	www.gulfcoastplus.com /histsoc/stephens.htm (9007 words)

	Stephens, Alexander Hamilton. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Taliaferro co. (then part of Wilkes co.), Ga. He was admitted to the bar in 1834, served six terms in the Georgia legislature, and was a Whig (later a Democratic) Representative in Congress from 1843 to 1859.
		Stephens, together with Howell Cobb and Robert Toombs, was influential in Georgia’s acceptance of the Compromise of 1850, and with them he organized in the state the short-lived Constitutional Union party.
		As vice president, Stephens consistently opposed the policies of Jefferson Davis, objecting notably to conscription and to suspension of the writ of habeas corpus.
	www.bartleby.com /65/st/StphnsA.html (290 words)

	Alexander Hamilton STEPHENS
		Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, in the House of Representatives, February 12, 1859.
		Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, on the presidential election of 1856; the compromise of 1850; and the Kansas-Nebraska act of 1854.
		Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, on the report of the Kansas investigating committee, in the case of Reeder against Whitfield.
	infoplease.com /biography/us/congress/stephens-alexander-hamilton.html (801 words)

	The Civil War in Georgia
		Alexander Stephens is born in a cabin on the Piedmont in Warren County, Georgia
		In Milledgeville, Alexander Stephens gives a response to Toombs' speech the day before, calling for a meeting of southern states to discuss secession.
		Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens is arrested at Liberty Hall, his estate in Crawfordville, Georgia by members of the 4th Iowa Cavalry.
	blueandgraytrail.com /state/Georgia (1559 words)

	Stephens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stephens, Alexander (1812-1883), Vice President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War
		Stephens Passage, a channel in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska
		Stephens Island Wren, famous for being considered the only known species to be entirely wiped out by a single individual
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stephens (245 words)

	Alexander Hamilton Stephens (February 11, 1812-March 4, 1883)
		Alexander Hamilton Stephens was born to Andrew Baskins Stephens (July 12, 1782-May 7, 1826) and Margaret Grier (1787-May 12, 1812) in Crawfordville, Taliaferro County, Georgia on February 11, 1812.
		Politically, he was often at odds with Davis, and in general, he was disgusted by the loss of life in the war.
		Stephens died in office in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia on March 4, 1883, and is buried at his estate which is now a state park and historic site.
	www.csawardept.com /history/Cabinet/Stephens (698 words)

	Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Stephens, 5'7" tall, was about the average height for his time but he never weighed more than 100 pounds, and early in life he was given the nickname "Little Aleck." Cadaverous was a word often used to describe this pale, odd-body man with dark, lustrous eyes.
		A humanitarian master to his slaves, Stephens never jailed or whipped them, and he never separated families.
		A strict Unionist, Stephens voted against the secession of Georgia, but when his state left the Union, he felt honor-bound to side with the South.
	civilwar.bluegrass.net /PoliticsAndPoliticians/alexanderhamiltonstephens.html (359 words)

	Alexander Stephens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		lexander Stephens was born near Crawfordsville, Georgia, and was orphaned as a child.
		A proponent of state sovereignty and a defender of slavery, Stephens favored the annexation of Texas, played a leading role in the Compromise of 1850, and supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
		He was a leader of the moderate faction of Confederates and an advocate of a peaceful resolution of the war.
	www.impeach-andrewjohnson.com /11BiographiesKeyIndividuals/AlexanderStephens.htm (286 words)

	Alexander Hamilton Stephens - People of Georgia
		As Stephens gained political momentum, he was elected to the Georgia state senate in 1842.
		But as Georgia's path to secession became clear, Stephens acquiesced to the prevailing sentiments in his state and in 1861 he was elected Vice President of the Confederacy.
		Stephens also kept a journal when he was imprisoned at the end of the Civil War, and it is available for purchase.
	www.netstate.com /states/peop/people/ga_ahs.htm (550 words)

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		The Cornerstone Speech was delivered without notes by Vice President Alexander H. Stephens, and no official printed version exists, although a local newspaper reporter printed a transcription of the speech later that same week.
		Stephens, stating that at the request of a number of the members of the convention, and citizens of Savannah and the State, now here, he had consented to address them upon the present state of public affairs.
		Stephens as embraces, in his judgment, the most important points presented by the orator.
	www.ucs.louisiana.edu /~ras2777/amgov/stephens.html (2402 words)

	Portage Publications: The Cause of the South ...
		Stephens' private life was as remarkable as his public, and although not well known, he deserves to be counted among the greatest of American statesmen, orators, and even heroes.
		Stephens asserts that but for a misunderstanding at the election, Toombs would probably have been the President of the Confederate States of America, instead of Jefferson Davis.
		While Stephens remained optimistic about the future, believing that Americans would eventually come to their senses, Toombs had almost no interest in getting along with the post-War order, nor in persuading others to his view.
	portagepub.com /products/causouth (1011 words)

	The Cornerstone Speech (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		STEPHENS said that the accommodation of the ladies would determine the question, and he would proceed where he was.
		Stephens, particularly as to the policy of the new government toward foreign nations, and our commercial relations with them.
		Stephens took his seat, amid a burst of enthusiasm and applause, such as the Athenaeum has never had displayed within its walls, within "the recollection of the oldest inhabitant."
	members.aol.com /jfepperson/corner.html (5366 words)

	Amazon.com: The Union That Shaped the Confederacy: Robert Toombs and Alexander H. Stephens: Books: William C. Davis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The pair met as young lawyers, but they were as different as could be: Stephens, a frail, bookish sort, clawed his way up to the law from a humble background, while Toombs, a tall, powerful hulk of a man, was to the manor born and a touch dissolute.
		Although their friendship was threatened by their disagreements about secession Stephens thought it imprudent, while Toombs did not once the South actually seceded, the two men reconciled and were among the founding fathers of the New South.
		Stephens never seriously worked with the dominating Davis and was later opposed to the administration over constitutional issues in the face of bigger war emergencies.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/070061088X?v=glance (1558 words)

	Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Alexander Hamilton Stephens, who served as Vice President of the Confederacy, was born on February 11, 1812, in Taliaferro County, Georgia.
		In the Confederate Congress, Stephens chaired the Committee on the Executive Department and the always-powerful Rules Committee.
		In 1865, Stephens was again sent to meet with Federal officials about a negotiated peace, this time at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
	ehistory.osu.edu /world/PeopleView.Cfm?PID=69 (425 words)

	THE OTHER AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT
		Alexander Stephens was born on February 11, 1812 near Crawfordville, in Taliaferro County, which was then part of Wilkes County, Georgia.
		Stephens gained a reputation for his tremendous intellect, and quickly rose through the ranks of politics.
		One of his congressional colleagues once said that Stephens “carried more brains and more soul for the least flesh than any other man God Almighty ever made.” He was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives for six terms, from 1836-1841 and was elected to the Georgia Senate in 1842.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/presidents_and_first_ladies/57598 (585 words)

	STEPHENS.HUNTERS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Another Line of Stephens that may connect at some point yet to be factual- is ASA b.
		Another thing to note is that Alexander Hamilton (he adopted that name because the liked Alex.Hamilton)Stephens, was famous, as a stateman from Georgia and lots of people, even fl people that revered him- named their children after him-.
		Alexander Hamilton Stephens never married, so there is no lineage in that direction- only cousins,etc...
	www.webspawner.com /users/stephenshunters (264 words)

	Alexander Hamilton Stephens
		His policy was to preserve constitutional government in the South and strengthen the anti-war party in the North by convincing it that the Lincoln administration had abandoned such government; to the same end he urged, in 1864, the unconditional discharge of Federal prisoners in the South.
		Stephens headed the Confederate commission to the peace conference at Hampton Roads in February 1865.
		In the following May, after the fall of the Confederacy, he was arrested at his home and taken to Fort Warren, in Boston harbor, where he was confined until the 12th of October.
	www.nndb.com /people/096/000097802 (688 words)

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