- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Alexander Stephens
- Date of Original:
- 1812/1883
- Subject:
- Confederate States of America--Officials and employees
Vice-Presidents--Confederate States of America
Men--Georgia
Legislators--United States
Lawyers--Georgia
Politicians--Georgia
Governors--Georgia
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A lifelong politician, Alexander Stephens is perhaps best remembered as the vice president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Photograph of Alexander H. Stephens, the vice president of the Confederate States of American and a Georgia native. Seated, he wears a suit and faces forward. He rests his head on his right hand, and he leans on a table.
Stephens represented Georgia in the United States House of Representatives from 1877 until 1882. He was elected governor of Georgia in 1882, and he died in office the following year. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/alexander-stephens-1812-1883/m-4041/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institute
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/reconstruction-georgia
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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