| Intro | American politician |
| Was |
Politician Lawyer |
| From | United States of America |
| Type |
Law Politics |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 2 July 1875, New Albany, Union County, Mississippi, U.S.A. |
| Death |
14 March 1946, Union County, Mississippi, U.S.A. (aged 70 years) |
| Politics | Democratic Party |
Hubert Durrett Stephens (July 2, 1875 – March 14, 1946) was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Mississippi from 1923 until 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.
Stephens served in the U.S. House of Representatives 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, D.C. before retiring to his Mississippi farm in 1941.