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'''Alexander Stephens''' (February 11, 1812 – March 4, 1883) was an American politician from Georgia and the first and only vice-president of the [[Confederate States of America]]. He also served as a Congressman from Georgia and as the fiftieth Governor of Georgia from 1882 until his death in 1883.
'''Alexander Stephens''' (February 11, 1812 – March 4, 1883) was an American politician from Georgia and the first and only vice-president of the [[Confederate States of America]]. He also served as a Congressman from Georgia and as the fiftieth Governor of Georgia from 1882 until his death in 1883.
==Full Biography==
==Full Biography==
===Early Life and Career===
===Early Life and Career===
According to the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, the office of Vice-President of the Confederate States of America is nearly identical to the office of Vice-President of the United States of America. Initially, Davis consulted Stephens frequently; Stephens appeared to be a part of Jefferson's inner circle. When military concerns consumed the administration, however, Stephens grew increasingly distant from President Davis and tried unsuccessfully many times to keep diplomatic ties to the U.S. He increasingly spent less time in the Confederate capital in Richmond, became tired of Davis' nationalist position, and encouraged Joseph E. Brown, the Governor of Georgia who was an advocate of states' rights.
According to the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, the office of Vice-President of the Confederate States of America is nearly identical to the office of Vice-President of the United States of America. Initially, Davis consulted Stephens frequently; Stephens appeared to be a part of Jefferson's inner circle. When military concerns consumed the administration, however, Stephens grew increasingly distant from President Davis and tried unsuccessfully many times to keep diplomatic ties to the U.S. He increasingly spent less time in the Confederate capital in Richmond, became tired of Davis' nationalist position, and encouraged Joseph E. Brown, the Governor of Georgia who was an advocate of states' rights.
==Quotes==
"The new constitution has put at rest, forever, all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institution—African slavery as it exists amongst us—the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution... Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man."<ref>Cornerstone Speech, March 21, 1861</ref>
==References==
==References==
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