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American politician Alexander Hamilton Stephens served as representative of United States from Georgia from 1843 to 1859, as vice president of the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865 under Jefferson Davis, and also as representative again from 1873 to 1882.
After America during the Civil War and after Reconstruction, he served as the fiftieth governor of Georgia from 1882 until his death.