Stephen Alfestus Corker (May 7, 1830 – October 18, 1879) was an American, lawyer, and Civil War veteran on the Confederate side who served briefly as a U.S. Representative from Georgia in early 1871.

Corker studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Waynesboro, Georgia.

He was first sent to Fort Delaware and was shortly afterwards sent to Johnson's Island Federal prisoner of war camp in Ohio.

He stayed there until he was sent to City Point, Virginia on February 24, 1865, as part of a prisoner of war exchange.

His life as a prisoner of war is documented in a series of letters held by the Hargrett Library of the University of Georgia.

It was decided that elections for both the remaining portion of Forty-First Congress and the Forty-Second were to be held jointly in December 1870.

Corker presented his credentials to Congress and was seated on January 24, 1871, pending the results of the Elections Committee.

One witness, Washington Dawson, recalled Republican voters being threatened with being attacked by the Ku Klux Klan if they did not vote the Democratic ticket.

[15] He accepted the nomination of the Greenback Party for Representative of Georgia's 1st Congressional district in earl October 1878.

Corker responded to those questions by claiming one could be an Independent Democrat and also run on the Greenback Party ticket.

These rumors were denounced by his friends and newspapers, but during the campaign he was continuously accused of having abandoned Democracy and allying himself with its opponents.

"[18] In an attempt to defeat the Democratic candidate John C. Nicholls, Corker reportedly courted the votes of Republicans, Radicals, and the African American community.

On Saturday October 18, 1879 he was talking to clients at his office in Waynesboro when he suddenly slumped down and was paralysed on his left side.

[22] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress