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Stephens (ALEXANDER HAMIL- TON)

ALEXANDER HAMIL- TON, an American statesman; born near Crawfordville, Ga., Feb. 11, 1812; was graduated at Franklin College in in 1832 and admitted to the bar in 1834. He was chosen a member of the lower branch of the legislature of Georgia in 1836; elected to Congress in 1843; and in 1847 submitted a series of resolutions in relation to the Mexican War, which afterward formed the platform of the Whig party. Shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War he was elected vice-president 2 ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS of the Confederate States of America, and on March 21, 1861, delivered a speech in Savannah, in which he declared slavery to be the cornerstone of the new government. In February, he was at the head of the Peace Commission of the Confederate government in the Hampton Roads conference. After the war he turned his attention to literary pursuits, and published "The War Be- "Sun." He was again elected to Congress in 1874, and re-elected in 1876, serving till 1882, when he resigned to become governor of Georgia. He died in Atlanta, Ga., March 4, 1883. tween the States" and edited the Atlanta STEPHENS art at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Académie Julien, Paris, France. Besides illustrating many stories and articles for the most prominent magazines, she became well-known as a wood-engraver and also taught portrait and life classes at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women.