Alexander Stephens United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America--Officials and employees Vice-Presidents--Confederate States of America Men--Georgia Legislators--United States Lawyers--Georgia Politicians--Georgia Governors--Georgia Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883 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. New Georgia Encyclopedia National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) Black-and-white photographs http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-4041 http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2533 Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia Georgia Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institute.