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Hubert D. Stephens
Hubert Durrett Stephens (July 2, 1875 – March 14, 1946) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a Democratic United States Senator from Mississippi from 1923 until 1935.
Stephens was born in New Albany, Mississippi. He attended the University of Mississippi and played football for one of the school’s first teams. He graduated from the university’s law school and soon began to practice law in New Albany.
He served as a town alderman in New Albany for one term, then in 1907, he received an appointment to fill a vacancy as district attorney in the Third Judicial Circuit. In 1908, he was elected to a full term.
In 1910, Stephens ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. He won election and four subsequent re-elections, serving five consecutive terms from 1911 to 1921.
He was a supporter of President Woodrow Wilson. Stephens advocated for a free trade approach and thus opposed the protective tariff that was a hotly debated issue of the day. He rose to the rank of vice chairman of the Banking and Currency Subcommittee, where he called the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 “the greatest piece of constructive legislation that has been enacted in the history of the nation.”
The district Stephens represented was agrarian and rural, leading the congressman to advocate for federal support for rural road and transportation development. Opposed to what he saw as an immoral trafficking of liquor throughout the South, he also supported the prohibition amendment in 1917.
He supported state’s rights and opposed progressive social reforms, including voting against giving women the right to vote and reforms in child labor laws, which he believed would negatively impact family farms.
Stephens sometimes hesitated to take a position on issues, such as when he voted “present” on a 1914 bill limiting state public service commissioners in their approval of new railroad stock, and again on a 1916 worker’s compensation bill passed by the House. He opposed a bill limiting railroad employees to an eight-hour work day, but supported federalization of the nation’s railways during World War I.
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Hubert D. Stephens
Hubert Durrett Stephens (July 2, 1875 – March 14, 1946) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a Democratic United States Senator from Mississippi from 1923 until 1935.
Stephens was born in New Albany, Mississippi. He attended the University of Mississippi and played football for one of the school’s first teams. He graduated from the university’s law school and soon began to practice law in New Albany.
He served as a town alderman in New Albany for one term, then in 1907, he received an appointment to fill a vacancy as district attorney in the Third Judicial Circuit. In 1908, he was elected to a full term.
In 1910, Stephens ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. He won election and four subsequent re-elections, serving five consecutive terms from 1911 to 1921.
He was a supporter of President Woodrow Wilson. Stephens advocated for a free trade approach and thus opposed the protective tariff that was a hotly debated issue of the day. He rose to the rank of vice chairman of the Banking and Currency Subcommittee, where he called the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 “the greatest piece of constructive legislation that has been enacted in the history of the nation.”
The district Stephens represented was agrarian and rural, leading the congressman to advocate for federal support for rural road and transportation development. Opposed to what he saw as an immoral trafficking of liquor throughout the South, he also supported the prohibition amendment in 1917.
He supported state’s rights and opposed progressive social reforms, including voting against giving women the right to vote and reforms in child labor laws, which he believed would negatively impact family farms.
Stephens sometimes hesitated to take a position on issues, such as when he voted “present” on a 1914 bill limiting state public service commissioners in their approval of new railroad stock, and again on a 1916 worker’s compensation bill passed by the House. He opposed a bill limiting railroad employees to an eight-hour work day, but supported federalization of the nation’s railways during World War I.