A. H. Stephens

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Politician
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:birth_date 1812-02-11
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Georgia,_USA
gptkbp:child gptkb:Alexander_H._Stephens_Jr.
Lillian Stephens
gptkbp:death_date 1883-04-04
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Georgia,_USA
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Georgia
gptkbp:full_name gptkb:Alexander_Hamilton_Stephens
gptkbp:governing_body gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives
gptkb:Georgia_House_of_Representatives
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label A. H. Stephens
gptkbp:image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/ A_ H_ Stephens.jpg
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Jefferson_Davis
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkbp:known_for Political leadership during the American Civil War
gptkbp:notable_event Reconstruction era politics
Speech on the Constitution
Influence on Southern politics
Advocacy for Southern rights
Post-war political career
Support for the Compromise of 1850
Advocacy for civil rights post-war
Drafting of the Confederate Constitution
Involvement in the Georgia state government
Opposition to Radical Reconstruction
Opposition to secession initially
Political speeches in the South
Post-war writings on the Civil War
Role in the Confederate Congress
gptkbp:notable_work A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States
gptkbp:office Governor of Georgia
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:political_position gptkb:Constitutional_Union_Party
gptkb:Whig_Party
1836
1882
gptkbp:position_held gptkb:Vice_President_of_the_Confederate_States
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Reuben_Davis
gptkbp:resting_place gptkb:Confederate_Cemetery,_Augusta,_Georgia
gptkbp:signature_move https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/ A_ H_ Stephens_signature.png
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Anna_T._Stephens
gptkbp:successor gptkb:George_C._Smith
gptkbp:term_end 1865-05-10
gptkbp:term_start 1861-02-22
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1860_Democratic_National_Convention
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5