John H. Stephens

{{infobox officeholder |birth_name = John Hall Stephens |name = John H. Stephens |image =John Hall Stephens.jpg |state = Texas |district = {{ushr|TX|13|13th}} |term_start = March 4, 1897 |term_end =March 3, 1917 |predecessor = Jeremiah V. Cockrell |successor =John M. Jones |birth_date = {{birth date|1847|11|22}} |birth_place = Shelby County, Texas, U.S. |death_date = {{Death date and age|1924|11|18|1847|11|22}} |death_place = Monrovia, California, U.S. | resting_place = East View Cemetery <br/>Vernon, Texas | party =Democratic }}

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

== Early life and education == Born in Shelby County, Texas, Stephens attended the common schools in Mansfield, Texas. He graduated from Mansfield College, and from the law department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1872.

== Career == After gaining admission to the bar in 1873, he practiced in Montague, Montague County, and Vernon, Wilbarger County, Texas.

He served as a member of the Texas State Senate from 1886 to 1888, and then resumed the practice of law in Vernon, Texas.

=== Congress === 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 chair of the Committee on Indian Affairs (Sixty-second through Sixty-fourth Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1916.

== Retirement and death == He moved to Monrovia, California, in 1917, and died 4 days before his 77th birthday there November 18, 1924. He was interred in East View Cemetery, Vernon, Texas.

== Legacy == Stephens County, 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>

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{{s-start}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{US House succession box | state = Texas | district = 13 | before=Jeremiah V. Cockrell | after=John M. Jones | years=1897–1917 }} {{s-end}}

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