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Christopher G. Memminger, Feb. 21, 1861- Feb. 17, 1862 (Provisional)

Christopher G. Memminger, Mar. 18, 1862- resigned Jul. 18, 1864

George A. Trenholm, Jul. 18, 1864-resigned Apr. 27, 1865

John H. Reagan, Apr. 27, 1865-May 10, 1865 (acting)

Secretaries of War

Leroy P. Walker, Feb. 21, 1861-resigned Sept. 16, 1861 (Provisional) Judah P. Benjamin, Sept. 17, 1861-Nov. 21, 1861 (Provisional,
acting)

Judah P. Benjamin, Nov. 21, 1861-Feb. 17, 1862 (Provisional)

Judah P. Benjamin, Feb. 17, 1862-Mar. 23, 1862 (acting)

George W. Randolph, Mar. 18, 1862-resigned Nov. 17, 1862

Gustavus W. Smith, Nov. 17, 1862-Nov. 21, 1862 (acting)

James A. Seddon, Nov. 21, 1862-resigned Feb. 6, 1865

John C. Breckinridge, Feb. 6, 1865-fled May 10, 1865

Secretaries of the Navy

Stephen R. Mallory, Feb. 28, 1861-Feb. 17, 1862 (Provisional)

Stephen R. Mallory, Mar. 18, 1862-resigned May 2, 1865

John H. Reagan, May 2, 1865-May 10, 1865 (acting)

Postmasters-General

Henry T. Ellett, Feb. 25, 1861-declined Mar. 5, 1861 (Provisional)

John H. Reagan, Mar. 6, 1861-Feb. 17, 1862 (Provisional)

John H. Reagan, Mar. 18, 1862-surrendered May 10, 1865

Attorneys-General

Judah P. Benjamin, Feb. 25, 1861-resigned Nov. 21, 1861 (Provisional)

Thomas Bragg, Nov. 21, 1861-Feb. 17, 1862 (Provisional) Thomas H. Watts, Mar. 18, 1862-resigned Oct. 1, 1863

Wade Keyes, Oct. 1, 1863-Jan. 4, 1864 (acting)

George Davis, Jan. 4, 1864-resigned Apr. 26, 1865

John H. Reagan, Apr. 26, 1865-May 10, 1865 (acting)

Derived from John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher,
Civil War High Commands
(Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001).

Congresses of the Confederate States, 1861-1865

Provisional Congress

First session.
Assembled at Montgomery, AL, Feb. 4, 1861. Adjourned Mar. 16, 1861, to meet second Monday in May.

Second session
(called). Met at Montgomery, AL, Apr. 29, 1861. Adjourned May 21, 1861.

Third session.
Met at Richmond, VA, Jul. 20, 1861. Adjourned Aug. 31, 1861.

Fourth session
(called). Met at Richmond, VA, Sept. 3, 1861. Adjourned same day.

Fifth session.
Met at Richmond, VA, Nov. 8, 1861. Adjourned Feb. 17, 1862.

First Congress

First session.
Met at Richmond, VA, Feb. 18, 1862. Adjourned Apr. 21, 1862.

Second session.
Met at Richmond, VA, Aug. 18, 1862. Adjourned Oct. 13, 1862.

Third session.
Met at Richmond, VA, Jan. 12, 1863. Adjourned May 1, 1863.

Fourth session.
Met at Richmond, VA, Dec. 7, 1863. Adjourned Feb. 17, 1864.

Second Congress

First session.
Met at Richmond, VA, May 2, 1864. Adjourned Jun. 14, 1864.

Second session.
Met at Richmond, VA, Nov. 7, 1864. Adjourned Mar. 18, 1865.

Members of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States (Feb. 4, 1861-Feb. 17, 1862)

Alabama

William P. Chilton

Jabez L. M. Curry

Nicholas Davis

Thomas Fearn

Stephen F. Hale

H. C. Jones

David P. Lewis

Colin J. McRae

Cornelius Robinson

John Gill Shorter

Robert H. Smith

Richard W. Walker

Arkansas

Augustus H. Garland

Robert W. Johnson

Albert Rust

Hugh F. Thomason

W. W. Watkins

Florida

J. Patton Anderson

Jackson Morton

James B. Owens

John P. Sanderson

George T. Ward

Georgia

Francis S. Bartow

Nathan Bass

Howell Cobb II

Thomas R. R. Cobb

Martin J. Crawford

Thomas M. Foreman

Benjamin H. Hill

Augustus H. Kenan

Eugenius A. Nisbet

Alexander H. Stephens

Robert A. Toombs

Augustus R. Wright

Kentucky

Henry C. Burnett

Theodore L. Burnett

John M. Elliott

George W. Ewing

L. H. Ford

George B. Hodge

Thomas Johnson

Thomas B. Monroe

John J. Thomas

Daniel P. White

Louisiana

Charles M. Conrad

Alexander De Clouet

Duncan F. Kenner

Henry Marshall

John Perkins Jr.

Edward Sparrow

Mississippi

William S. Barry

Alexander B. Bradford

Walker Brooke

J. A. P. Campbell

Alexander M. Clayton

Wiley P. Harris

James T. Harrison

John A. Orr

William S. Wilson

Missouri

Caspar W. Bell

John B. Clark

Aaron H. Conrow

Thomas A. Harris

Robert L. Y. Peyton

George G. Vest

North Carolina

W. W. Avery

Burton Craige

A. T. Davidson

George Davis

Thomas D. McDowell

John M. Morehead

R. C. Puryear

Thomas Ruffin

W. N. H. Smith

Abraham W. Venable

South Carolina

Robert W. Barnwell

William W. Boyce

James Chesnut Jr.

Lawrence M. Keitt

Christopher G. Memminger

William Porcher Miles

James L. Orr

Robert Barnwell Rhett

Thomas J. Withers

Tennessee

John D. C. Atkins

Robert L. Caruthers

David M. Currin

W. H. De Witt

John F. House

Thomas M. Jones

J. H. Thomas

Texas

John Gregg

John Hemphill

William B. Ochiltree

Williamson S. Oldham

John H. Reagan

Thomas N. Waul

Louis T. Wigfall

Virginia

Thomas S. Bocock

Alexander R. Boteler

John W. Brockenbrough

Robert M. T. Hunter

Robert Johnston

W. H. Macfarland

James E. Mason

Walter Preston

William B. Preston

Roger A. Pryor

William C. Rives

Charles W. Russell

Robert E. Scott

James A. Seddon

Waller R. Staples

John Tyler

Senators of the First Congress of the Confederate States (Feb. 18, 1862-Feb. 17, 1864)

Alabama

Clement C. Clay Jr.

Robert Jemison Jr.

William L. Yancey

Arkansas

Robert W. Johnson

Charles B. Mitchell

Florida

James M. Baker

Augustus E. Maxwell

Georgia

Benjamin H. Hill

Herschel V. Johnson

John W. Lewis

Kentucky

Henry C. Burnett

William E. Simms

Louisiana

Thomas J. Semmes

Edward Sparrow

Mississippi

Albert G. Brown

James Phelan

Missouri

John B. Clark

Waldo P. Johnson

Robert L. Y. Peyton

North Carolina

George Davis

William T. Dortch

Edwin G. Reade

South Carolina

Robert W. Barnwell

James L. Orr

Tennessee

Landon C. Haynes

Gustavus A. Henry

Texas

Williamson S. Oldham

Louis T. Wigfall

Virginia

Allen T. Caperton

Robert M. T. Hunter

William B. Preston

Members of the House of Representatives of the First Congress of the Confederate States (Feb. 18, 1862-Feb. 17, 1864)

Alabama

William P. Chilton

David Clopton

Jabez L. M. Curry

E. S. Dargan

Thomas J. Foster

Francis S. Lyon

James L. Pugh

John P. Ralls

William R. Smith

Arkansas

Felix I. Batson

Augustus H. Garland

Thomas B. Hanly

Grandison D. Royston

Florida

James B. Dawkins

Robert H. Hilton

John M. Martin

Georgia

William W. Clark

Lucius J. Gartrell

Julian Hartridge

Hines Holt

Porter Ingram

Augustus H. Kenan

David W. Lewis

Charles J. Munnerlyn

Hardy Strickland

Robert P. Trippe

Augustus R. Wright

Kentucky

Robert J. Breckinridge Jr.

Ely M. Bruce

Horatio W. Bruce

Theodore L. Burnett

James S. Chrisman

John W. Crockett

John M. Elliott

George W. Ewing

George B. Hodge

Willis B. Machem

James W. Moore

Henry E. Read

Louisiana

Charles M. Conrad

Lucius J. Dupré

Duncan F. Kenner

Henry Marshall

John Perkins Jr.

Charles J. Villeré

Mississippi

Ethelbert Barksdale

Henry C. Chambers

J. W. Clapp

Reuben Davis

William D. Holder

John J. McRae

Otho R. Singleton

Israel Welsh

Missouri

Caspar W. Bell

Aaron H. Conrow

William M. Cooke

Thomas W. Freeman

Thomas A. Harris

George G. Vest

North Carolina

Archibald H. Arrington

Thomas S. Ashe

Robert R. Bridgers

A. T. Davidson

Burgess S. Gaither

Owen R. Kenan

William Lander

Thomas D. McDowell

J. R. McLean

W. N. H. Smith

South Carolina

Lewis M. Ayer

Milledge L. Bonham

William W. Boyce

James Farrow

John McQueen

William Porcher Miles

William D. Simpson

Tennessee

John D. C. Atkins

David M. Currin

Henry S. Foote

E. L. Gardenhire

Meredith P. Gentry

Joseph B. Heiskell

George W. Jones

Thomas Menees

William G. Swan

William H. Tibbs

John V. Wright

Texas

M. D. Graham

Peter W. Gray

Caleb C. Herbert

Frank B. Sexton

John A. Wilcox

William B. Wright

Virginia

John B. Baldwin

Thomas S. Bocock

Alexander R. Boteler

John R. Chambliss

Charles F. Collier

Daniel C. De Jarnette

David Funsten

Muscoe R. H. Garnett

John Goode Jr.

James P. Holcombe

Albert G. Jenkins

Robert Johnston

James Lyons

Samuel A. Miller

Walter Preston

Roger A. Pryor

Charles W. Russell

William Smith

Waller R. Staples

Territories

Arizona

Marcus H. Macwillie

Cherokee Nation

Elias C. Boudinot

Choctaw Nation

Robert M. Jones

Senators of the Second Congress of the Confederate States (May 2, 1864-Mar. 18, 1865)

Alabama

Robert Jemison Jr.

Richard W. Walker

Arkansas

Augustus H. Garland

Robert W. Johnson

Charles B. Mitchell

Florida

James M. Baker

Augustus E. Maxwell

Georgia

Benjamin H. Hill

Herschel V. Johnson

Kentucky

Henry C. Burnett

William E. Simms

Louisiana

Thomas J. Semmes

Edward Sparrow

Mississippi

Albert G. Brown

John W. C. Watson

Missouri

Waldo P. Johnson

George G. Vest

North Carolina

William T. Dortch

William A. Graham

South Carolina

Robert W. Barnwell

James L. Orr

Tennessee

Landon C. Haynes

Gustavus A. Henry

Texas

Williamson S. Oldham

Louis T. Wigfall

Virginia

Allen T. Caperton

Robert M. T. Hunter

Members of the House of Representatives of the Second Congress of the Confederate States (May 2, 1864-Mar. 18, 1865)

Alabama

William P. Chilton

David Clopton

M. H. Cruikshank

James S. Dickinson

Thomas J. Foster

Francis S. Lyon

James L. Pugh

William R. Smith

Arkansas

Felix I. Batson

David W. Carroll

Augustus H. Garland

Rufus K. Garland

Thomas B. Hanly

Florida

Robert H. Hilton

S. St. George Rogers

Georgia

Clifford Anderson

Warren Atkin

Hiram P. Bell

Mark H. Blandford

Joseph H. Echols

Julian Hartridge

George N. Lester

John T. Shewmake

James M. Smith

William E. Smith

Kentucky

Benjamin F. Bradley