Hubert D. Stephens
Hubert Durett Stephens (July 2, 1875–March 14, 1946) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Mississippi from 1923 to 1935. Stephens was born in New Albany, Mississippi. He graduated from the University of Mississippi law school and soon began to practice law in New Albany. A Democrat, Stephens served in the U.S. House of Representives from 1911 to 1921; in his final term he did not run for re-election, but he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1922. In 1934, he was defeated by Theodore Bilbo in the primary. Stephens was the director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation from 1935 to 1936. After that, he practiced law in Washington, DC before retiring to his Mississippi farm in 1941.
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