# John H. Stephens

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{{Short description|American politician (1847–1924)}}
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{{infobox officeholder
|birth_name        = John Hall Stephens
|name = John H. Stephens
|image        =John Hall Stephens.jpg
|state      = [Texas](/source/Texas)
|district    = {{ushr|TX|13|13th}}
|term_start  = March 4, 1897 
|term_end    =March 3, 1917
|predecessor = [Jeremiah V. Cockrell](/source/Jeremiah_V._Cockrell)
|successor  =[John M. Jones](/source/John_Marvin_Jones)
|birth_date = {{birth date|1847|11|22}}
|birth_place = [Shelby County](/source/Shelby_County%2C_Texas), [Texas](/source/Texas), U.S.
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1924|11|18|1847|11|22}}
|death_place = [Monrovia](/source/Monrovia%2C_California), [California](/source/California), U.S.
| resting_place  =   East View Cemetery <br/>[Vernon](/source/Vernon%2C_Texas), Texas
| party               =[Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
}}

'''John Hall Stephens''' (November 22, 1847 – November 18, 1924) was an American lawyer and politician who served ten terms as a [U.S. representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Texas](/source/Texas) from 1897 to 1917.

== Early life and education ==
Born in [Shelby County, Texas](/source/Shelby_County%2C_Texas), Stephens attended the common schools in [Mansfield, Texas](/source/Mansfield%2C_Texas). He graduated from Mansfield College, and from the law department of [Cumberland University](/source/Cumberland_University), [Lebanon, Tennessee](/source/Lebanon%2C_Tennessee), in 1872.

== Career ==
After gaining [admission to the bar](/source/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States) in 1873, he practiced in Montague, Montague County, and Vernon, [Wilbarger County, Texas](/source/Wilbarger_County%2C_Texas).

He served as a member of the [Texas State Senate](/source/Texas_State_Senate) from 1886 to 1888, and then resumed the practice of law in [Vernon, Texas](/source/Vernon%2C_Texas).

=== Congress ===
Stephens was elected as a [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) to the [Fifty-fifth](/source/55th_United_States_Congress) and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1917). He served as chair of the Committee on Indian Affairs ([Sixty-second](/source/62nd_United_States_Congress) through [Sixty-fourth](/source/64th_United_States_Congress) Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1916.

== Retirement and death ==
He moved to [Monrovia, California](/source/Monrovia%2C_California), in 1917, and died 4 days before his 77th birthday there November 18, 1924. He was interred in East View Cemetery, [Vernon, Texas](/source/Vernon%2C_Texas).

== Legacy ==
[Stephens County, Oklahoma](/source/Stephens_County%2C_Oklahoma), was named for him.<ref name="EOHC-StephensCo">[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=ST030 Wilson, Linda D. ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. "Stephens County."] Retrieved September 21, 2013.</ref>

==References==
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==Sources==
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|  state = Texas
|  district = 13
|  before=[Jeremiah V. Cockrell](/source/Jeremiah_V._Cockrell)
|  after=[John M. Jones](/source/John_Marvin_Jones)
|  years=1897–1917
}}
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Category:1847 births
Category:1924 deaths
Category:Cumberland School of Law alumni
Category:Democratic Party United States representatives from Texas
Category:People from Mansfield, Texas
Category:People from Shelby County, Texas
Category:Democratic Party Texas state senators
Category:19th-century members of the Texas Legislature
Category:19th-century United States representatives

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