Hubert D. Stephens

Hubert Durrett Stephens
Hubert D. Stephens
United States Senator from Mississippi
In office March 4, 1923–January 3, 1935
Preceded by	John Sharp Williams
Succeeded by	Theodore Bilbo
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1921
Preceded by	Thomas Spight
Succeeded by	Bill G. Lowrey
Personal details
Born	(1875-07-02)July 2, 1875 New Albany, Mississippi
Died	March 14, 1946(1946-03-14) (aged 70) New Albany, Mississippi
Resting place	Pythian Cemetery
Religion	Methodist

Hubert Durrett Stephens (July 2, 1875 – March 14, 1946) was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Mississippi from 1923 until 1935.

Stephens was born in New Albany, Mississippi. He graduated from the University of Mississippi law school and soon began to practice law in New Albany.

Stephens served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1911 to 1921; in his final term he did not run for re-election, but he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1922. In 1934, he was defeated by Theodore Bilbo in the primary.

Stephens was the director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation from 1935 to 1936. After that, he practiced law in Washington, D.C. before retiring to his Mississippi farm in 1941.

Further reading

• Swain, Martha (Winter 2001). "Hubert D. Stephens: Mississippi’s ‘Quiet Man’ in the Senate, 1923-1935". The Journal of Mississippi History 63: 261–283. 

External links

• Hubert D. Stephens at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States Senators from Mississippi Class 1 Leake Holmes Ellis Reed Ellis Black Trotter T. Hickman Williams Henderson Speight Davis McRae S. Adams Davis Ames Pease Bruce George Money J. Williams Stephens Bilbo Stennis Lott Wicker Class 2 T. Hill Williams Reed R. Adams Poindexter Walker Chalmers Foote Brooke Brown Revels Alcorn Lamar Walthall McLaurin Walthall Sullivan McLaurin Gordon Percy Vardaman Harrison Eastland Doxey Eastland Cochran

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