D. C. Stephenson: Difference between revisions

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|Image = D.C. Stephenson.jpg

|fullname = David Curtiss "Steve" Stephenson

|alias =

|origin = Houston, Texas, United States

|occupation = Grand Dragon of the [[Ku Klux Klan]]

|occupation = Grand Dragon of the Indiana [[Ku Klux Klan]]

|type of villain = Xenophobic Murderer

|goals = Get out of prison and be pardoned for his crime (failed)

|crimes = [[Murder]] Rape [[Kidnapping]] Assault Racism [[Cannibalism]] [[Xenophobia]]

|crimes = [[Murder]] [[Rape]] [[Kidnapping]] Assault [[Racism]] [[Cannibalism]] [[Xenophobia]]

|hobby = }}{{Quote|I am the law in Indiana!|Stephenson to Madge Oberholtzer while raping her.}}'''D. C. Stephenson''' (August 21st, 1891 - June 28th, 1966) was an American politician who in 1923 was appointed Grand Dragon (state leader) of the branch of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] in Indiana and head of recruiting for seven other states. Later that year, he led those groups to independence from the national KKK organization. Amassing wealth and political power in the Republican Party, he was considered to have been one of the most prominent national Klan leaders. He had close relationships with numerous Indiana politicians, including Governor Edward L. Jackson, a Klan member elected to office in 1924.

|hobby = }}{{Quote|I am the law in Indiana!|Stephenson to Madge Oberholtzer while raping her.}}'''D. C. Stephenson''' (August 21st, 1891 - June 28th, 1966) was an American politician who in 1923 was appointed Grand Dragon (state leader) of the branch of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] in Indiana and head of recruiting for seven other states. Later that year, he led those groups to independence from the national KKK organization.

==Biography==

Stephenson was born in Houston, Texas on August 21, 1891, and moved as a child with his family to Maysville, Oklahoma. After some public schooling, he started work as a printer's apprentice.

During [[World War I]], he enlisted in the Army and completed officers' training. He never served overseas, but his training proved useful when he organized and led groups.

Amassing wealth and political power in the Republican Party, he was considered to have been one of the most prominent national Klan leaders. He had close relationships with numerous Indiana politicians, including Governor Edward L. Jackson, a Klan member elected to office in 1924.

In 1925, Stephenson was tried and convicted in a notorious abduction, rape, [[murder]], and partial [[cannibal]]ization of a young schoolteacher, a state education official named Madge Oberholtzer. His trial, conviction, and imprisonment ended the portrayal of Klan leaders as law abiding. Denied a pardon by Governor Jackson, in 1927 he started talking with reporters of the Indianapolis Times and released a list of elected and other officials in the pay of the Klan. This led to a wave of indictments in Indiana, more national scandal, the rapid loss of tens of thousands of members, and the end of the second wave of Klan activity in the late 1920s.

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+{{Mature}}{{Villain_Infobox
 |Image = D.C. Stephenson.jpg
 |fullname = David Curtiss "Steve" Stephenson
 |alias =
 |origin = Houston, Texas, United States
-|occupation = Grand Dragon of the [[Ku Klux Klan]]
+|occupation = Grand Dragon of the Indiana [[Ku Klux Klan]]
 |type of villain = Xenophobic Murderer
 |goals = Get out of prison and be pardoned for his crime (failed)
-|crimes = [[Murder]]<br>Rape<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>Assault<br>Racism<br>[[Cannibalism]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]
+|crimes = [[Murder]]<br>[[Rape]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>Assault<br>[[Racism]]<br>[[Cannibalism]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]
-|hobby = }}{{Quote|I am the law in Indiana!|Stephenson to Madge Oberholtzer while raping her.}}'''D. C. Stephenson''' (August 21st, 1891 - June 28th, 1966) was an American politician who in 1923 was appointed Grand Dragon (state leader) of the branch of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] in Indiana and head of recruiting for seven other states. Later that year, he led those groups to independence from the national KKK organization. Amassing wealth and political power in the Republican Party, he was considered to have been one of the most prominent national Klan leaders. He had close relationships with numerous Indiana politicians, including Governor Edward L. Jackson, a Klan member elected to office in 1924.
+|hobby = }}{{Quote|I am the law in Indiana!|Stephenson to Madge Oberholtzer while raping her.}}'''D. C. Stephenson''' (August 21st, 1891 - June 28th, 1966) was an American politician who in 1923 was appointed Grand Dragon (state leader) of the branch of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] in Indiana and head of recruiting for seven other states. Later that year, he led those groups to independence from the national KKK organization.
+==Biography==
+Stephenson was born in Houston, Texas on August 21, 1891, and moved as a child with his family to Maysville, Oklahoma. After some public schooling, he started work as a printer's apprentice.
+During [[World War I]], he enlisted in the Army and completed officers' training. He never served overseas, but his training proved useful when he organized and led groups.
+Amassing wealth and political power in the Republican Party, he was considered to have been one of the most prominent national Klan leaders. He had close relationships with numerous Indiana politicians, including Governor Edward L. Jackson, a Klan member elected to office in 1924.
 In 1925, Stephenson was tried and convicted in a notorious abduction, rape, [[murder]], and partial [[cannibal]]ization of a young schoolteacher, a state education official named Madge Oberholtzer. His trial, conviction, and imprisonment ended the portrayal of Klan leaders as law abiding. Denied a pardon by Governor Jackson, in 1927 he started talking with reporters of the Indianapolis Times and released a list of elected and other officials in the pay of the Klan. This led to a wave of indictments in Indiana, more national scandal, the rapid loss of tens of thousands of members, and the end of the second wave of Klan activity in the late 1920s.