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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaRobert Grier STEPHENS, Jr.
(1913-2003)
STEPHENS, Robert Grier,
Jr., (great-great-nephew of Alexander Hamilton Stephens), a
Representative from Georgia; born in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga.,
August 14, 1913; graduated from Boys High School, Atlanta, Ga.,
1931; A.B., University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., 1935; M.A.,
University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., 1937; LL.B., University of
Georgia Law School, Athens, Ga., 1941; attended the University of
Hamburg, Germany, 1935-1936; United States Army, 1941-1946;
faculty, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.; legal staff of Mr.
Justice Jackson at the Nuremberg trials of major Nazi war
criminals; lawyer, private practice; city attorney of Athens, Ga.,
1947-1950; member of the Georgia state senate, 1951-1953; member of
the Georgia state house of representatives, 1953-1959; delegate,
Democratic National Convention, 1964; elected as a Democrat to the
Eighty-seventh and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3,
1961-January 3, 1977); was not a candidate for reelection to the
Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976; died on February 20, 2003, in
Athens, Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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