Wasn’t Stephens a Southern Whig?
I also read that he and Lincoln were on good terms.
Hmmm. I googled it and he was originally one of those southern "cotton" Whigs in the 1830s, but left the Whig Party in 1851. Wikipedia says "Despite his late arrival in the Democratic Party, Stephens quickly rose through the ranks. He even served as President James Buchanan's floor manager in the House during the fruitless battle for the slave state Lecompton Constitution for Kansas Territory in 1857. He was instrumental in framing the failed English Bill after it became clear that Lecompton would not pass, in order to negotiate its approval."
He remained a RAT until his dying day in 1883, getting elected to Congress in the 1870s and then as Governor of Georgia in 1882, his post-Vice President of the CSA career.
Oh, and his career prior to entering politics was being a defense lawyer for murderers.
>> I also read that he and Lincoln were on good terms. <<
Eh? I don't think they had much in common aside from both being former Whig Congressmen (and the same was true for tons of politicians in the 1860s). He WAS one three Confederate commissioners sent to meet with Lincoln in attempt to negotiate a ceasefire during the war. Those efforts were as successful as Clinton's 11th hour "peace talks" with Arafat and the wussy Israeli leftist leader in 2000.