- John Hall Stephens
John Hall Stephens (
November 22 ,1847 -November 18 ,1924 ) was a U.S. Representative fromTexas .Born in
Shelby County, Texas , Stephens attended the common schools inMansfield, Texas .He was graduated from Mansfield College, and from the law department ofCumberland University ,Lebanon, Tennessee , in 1872.He was admitted to the bar in 1873 and practiced in Montague, Montague County, and Vernon,Wilbarger County, Texas .He served as member of the State senate 1886-1888.He resumed the practice of law inVernon, Texas .Stephens was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (
March 4 ,1897 -March 3 ,1917 ).He served as chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs (Sixty-second through Sixty-fourth Congresses).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1916.He moved toMonrovia, California , in 1917, and died thereNovember 18 ,1924 .He was interred in East View Cemetery,Vernon, Texas .ource
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