Cinematic Portrayals
Austin Stoneman, the naive and fanatical congressman in D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation, was modeled on Stevens. Additionally, he was portrayed as a villain in The Clansman, the second novel in the trilogy upon which Birth of a Nation was based. He was also portrayed (by Lionel Barrymore) as a villain and fanatic in Tennessee Johnson, the 1942 MGM film about the life of President Andrew Johnson. In Steven Spielberg's 2012 film Lincoln, Stevens is played by Tommy Lee Jones and portrayed as a fierce and courageous abolitionist.
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