What is Alexander Stephens?
[[File:Alexander Stephens -1855.jpg|thumb|Alexander Stephens in 1855]] '''Alexander Hamilton Stephens''' (February 11, 1812 – March 4, 1883) was an American and Confederate politician. He was from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. Stephens was short and sickly for much of his life. Stephens owned a fair number of slaves. He served as a [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] congressman from 1843 to 1859. Later, he became a member of the [[Constitutional Union Party]] and then a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]. Stephens was the Vice-President of the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865. While Vice-President, he tried to end [[American Civil War|the war]] and did not get along with Confederate President [[Jefferson Davis]]. After the war, Stephens again was a U.S. Congressman, and was Governor of Georgia for a short time. {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stephens, Alex}} [[Category:1812 births]] [[Category:1883 deaths]] [[Category:Confederate States of America]] [[Category:Governors of Georgia (U.S. state)]] [[Category:United States representatives from Georgia]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]]