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Opening the page. Does anyone have any ideas about further improvements? Ezratrumpet 06:09, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Alexander Stephenson's lineage:

Daughter > Hazel Stephenson married to Ashley Epley

Grandsons> George Epley married To Susanne and James Epley married to Gladys Snowden McKillip "Betty"

Great Grandchildren> Jennifer Lynn Epley married to Steve Sclafani with the children Hailey Elizabeth Scalfani and Allie May Sclafani~ Lawrence Allen Epley married Jane Ellen Myers* with children Taylor Paige Epley and Marissa Brook Epley

  • Jane Myers has since then been widowed and remarried.

None of this is correct . . . Alexander Stephens (not "Stephenson") never married and had no direct decendents.Tom (talk) 10:01, 6 March 2008 (UTC)


For purposes of template management, I think that this page should reflect Stephens as V-P of the CSA rather than as a US Congressman. Ezratrumpet 04:57, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Any objections to removing this sentence as unnecessary? "It seems, he had never been barred from federal office by law, in contrast to Jefferson Davis." Ezratrumpet 12:42, 3 May 2006 (UTC)


Lineage? You have the wrong man. Alexander H Stephens was a life-long bachelor and left no heirs. Please correct.

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[edit] Height

Stephens was 4'11, a notable height- it should be mentioned- thats freakishly small.

Men were shorter in general in those days. Alec Stevens at 4'11 would have been like Michael J. Fox today -- notably small but hardly a dwarf. Cranston Lamont 01:12, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

I don't know where this information came from, but it's completely erroneous. Stephens was 5'7" tall, which, since he weighed only 96 pounds at his heaviest, still rendered him a freakish physical specimen. I wrote the 1988 biography of Stephens, so I know what I'm talking about.Tom (talk) 09:52, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Provisional Vice President of the CSA & Vice President of the CSA

Stephens was Provisional VP of the CSA: February 18, 1861 to February 22, 1862, then VP of the CSA: February 22, 1862 to May 10, 1865. This should be shown in the Infobox. GoodDay 21:10, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Softly, softly approach

They let this guy run for the Senate after the war. No wonder it took a hundred years to get to grips with civil rights. They should have chopped off his head.

[edit] Various fixes applied

Removed "Traitor" from nationality. That is out of place polemic.

Taylor did not actually block the Compromise of 1850. The Presidencies of Zachary Taylor & Millard Fillmore by Elbert B. Smith refutes this legend.

Deleted extended quotes and discussion of Cornerstone Speech, which has its own article.

Many style tweaks (Representative for "congressman". etc).

--Rich Rostrom (Talk) 21:21, 1 June 2008 (UTC)