The 1st Confederate States Congress, consisting of the Confederate States Senate and the Confederate States House of Representatives, met from February 18, 1862, to February 17, 1864, during the first two years of Jefferson Davis's

presidency A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified by ...

, at the

Virginia State Capitol The Virginia State Capitol is the seat of state government of the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in Richmond, the third capital city of the U.S. state of Virginia. (The first two were Jamestown and Williamsburg.) It houses the oldest elected ...

in Richmond,

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography an ...

Sessions

Held February 18, 1862, through February 17, 1864, at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia * 1st Session – February 18, 1862 to April 21, 1862 * 2nd Session – August 18, 1862 to October 13, 1862 * 3rd Session – January 12, 1863 to May 1, 1863 * 4th Session – December 7, 1863 to February 17, 1864

Leadership

Senate

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: Alexander H. Stephens *

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: R. M. T. Hunter

House

* Speaker:

Thomas S. Bocock Thomas Salem Bocock (May 18, 1815 – August 5, 1891) was a Confederate politician and lawyer from Virginia. After serving as an antebellum United States Congressman, he was the speaker of the Confederate States House of Representatives durin ...

Officers

Senate

Secretary A secretary, administrative professional, administrative assistant, executive assistant, administrative officer, administrative support specialist, clerk, military assistant, management assistant, office secretary, or personal assistant is a ...

: James H. Nash, South Carolina * Assistant Secretary: Edward H. Stephens, Virginia * Journal Clerk: C. T. Bruen, Virginia * Recording Clerk: Henry H. Hubbard, Mossy Creek, Tennessee *

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: Lafayette H. Fitzhugh, Kentucky * Doorkeeper: James Page, North Carolina * Assistant Doorkeeper: John Wadsworth, Georgia

House

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: Robert Emmett Dixon Sr., Georgia (''died'' April 24, 1863) ** Albert Reese Lamar, Georgia — ''sessions 3 and 4'' * Assistant Clerk: James McDonald, Virginia * Assistant Clerk: David Louis Dalton, Alabama — ''sessions 3 and 4'' * Doorkeeper: Robert Harrison Wynne, Alabama

Members

Senate

Confederate States senators were elected by the state legislatures, or appointed by state governors to fill casual vacancies until the legislature elected a new senator. It was intended that one-third of the Senate would begin new six-year terms with each Congress after the first. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their terms. In this Congress, all senators were newly elected. Senators of Class 1 served a two-year term, expiring at the end of this Congress, requiring a new election for the 1864–1870 term. Class 2 senators served what was intended to be a four-year term, due to end on the expiry of the next Congress in 1866. Class 3 senators were meant to serve a six-year term, due to expire at the end of the Third Confederate Congress in 1868. As the Confederate Congress lasted less than four full years, the distinction between classes 2 and 3 was ultimately academic. The members of the classes were selected by the drawing of lots, which was done during the meeting of the Senate on February 21, 1862.

Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = " Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County , LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham , area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...

* 1. Clement Claiborne Clay * 3.

William Lowndes Yancey William Lowndes Yancey (August 10, 1814July 27, 1863) was an American journalist, politician, orator, diplomat and an American leader of the Southern secession movement. A member of the group known as the Fire-Eaters, Yancey was one of the mo ...

(''died'' July 23, 1863) **

Robert Jemison Jr. Robert Jemison Jr. (September 17, 1802 – October 16, 1871) was an American politician, entrepreneur and slave owner who served as a Confederate States Senator from Alabama from 1863 to 1865. He also served in the two houses of the Alabama ...

(''took his seat on ''December 28, 1863 - ''Elected to fill vacancy'')

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the ...

* 1.

Robert Ward Johnson Robert Ward Johnson (July 22, 1814 – July 26, 1879) was an American planter and lawyer who served as the senior Confederate States senator for Arkansas, a seat that he was elected to in 1861. He previously served as a delegate from Arkansas ...

* 3. Charles Burton Mitchel

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, a ...

* 1.

James McNair Baker James McNair Baker (July 20, 1821 – June 20, 1892) was a lawyer, politician, and Senator from Florida in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War. Biography Baker was born in Robeson County, North Carolina, a son of Archiba ...

* 2. Augustus Emmet Maxwell

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to t ...

* 3.

Benjamin Harvey Hill Benjamin Harvey Hill (September 14, 1823 – August 16, 1882) was a politician whose career spanned state and national politics, and the Civil War. He served in the Georgia legislature in both houses. Although he had opposed secession, he st ...

* 1.

Robert Augustus Toombs Robert Augustus Toombs (July 2, 1810 – December 15, 1885) was an American politician from Georgia, who was an important figure in the formation of the Confederacy. From a privileged background as a wealthy planter and slaveholder, Toomb ...

(''elected but refused to serve'') ** John Wood Lewis Sr. (''took his seat on '' April 7, 1862 - ''Appointed to serve until the place could be filled'') **

Herschel Vespasian Johnson Herschel Vespasian Johnson (September 18, 1812August 16, 1880) was an American politician. He was the 41st Governor of Georgia from 1853 to 1857 and the vice presidential nominee of the Douglas wing of the Democratic Party in the 1860 U.S. pr ...

(''took his seat on ''January 19, 1863 - ''Elected to fill vacancy'')

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virgini ...

* 3. Henry Cornelius Burnett * 1.

William Emmet Simms William E. Simms (born William Elliott Simms; January 2, 1822 – June 25, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.''The Kentucky Encyclopedia'' gives the name as "Elliott" He also served as a commissioner for the Confederate government o ...

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a U.S. state, state in the Deep South and South Central United States, South Central regions of the United States. It is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 20th-smal ...

* 2. Thomas Jenkins Semmes * 3.

Edward Sparrow Edward Sparrow (December 29, 1810 – July 4, 1882) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States Senator from Louisiana from 1862 to 1865. Biography Sparrow was born in Dublin, Ireland. He represented Louisiana in the Prov ...

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Mis ...

* 2. Albert Gallatin Brown * 1.

James Phelan Sr. James Phelan Sr. (October 11, 1821 – May 17, 1873) was a senator in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War from the state of Mississippi. Biography He was born in Huntsville, Alabama to John Phelan and Priscilla Oakes (Ford) Mo ...

Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...

* 1.

John Bullock Clark Sr. John Bullock Clark Sr. (April 17, 1802 – October 29, 1885) was a politician who served as a member of the United States Congress and Confederate Congress. Early life and education John B. Clark Sr. was born in Madison County, Kentucky, ...

* 2. Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton (''died'' September 3, 1863) **

Waldo Porter Johnson Waldo Porter Johnson (born September 16, 1817August 14, 1885) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States Senator from Missouri from 1863 to 1865. Biography Born in Bridgeport, Virginia (present-day West Virginia), Waldo Porte ...

(''took his seat on ''December 24, 1863 - ''Appointed to fill vacancy'')

North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia a ...

* 1. George Davis (''resigned in'' January 1864 ''to become CS Attorney General'') ** Edwin Godwin Reade (''took his seat on ''January 22, 1864 - ''Appointed to fill vacancy'') * 2. William Theophilus Dortch

South Carolina )'' Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = "Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = G ...

* 2. Robert Woodward Barnwell * 3.

James Lawrence Orr James Lawrence Orr (May 12, 1822May 5, 1873) was an American diplomat and politician who served as the 22nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1857 to 1859. He also served as the 73rd governor of South Carolina from 1865 ...

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to ...

* 3.

Landon Carter Haynes Landon Carter Haynes (December 2, 1816 – February 17, 1875) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States senator from Tennessee from 1862 to 1865. He also served several terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives, inc ...

* 2.

Gustavus Adolphus Henry Sr. G. A. Henry (born Gustavus Adolphus Henry Sr.; October 4, 1804 – September 10, 1880) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States senator from Tennessee from 1862 to 1865. Biography Gustavus Adolphus Henry Sr. was born in 1804 ...

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

* 3.

William Simpson Oldham Sr. Williamson Simpson Oldham Sr. (June 19, 1813 – May 8, 1868) was an American politician who served in Arkansas state government, and as a Confederate States Senator from Texas from 1862 to 1865. Biography Born in Franklin County, Tennesse ...

* 2. Louis Trezevant Wigfall

* 3. R. M. T. Hunter * 2. William Ballard Preston (''died'' November 16, 1862) ** Allen Taylor Caperton (''took his seat on ''January 22, 1864 - ''Elected to fill vacancy'')

House of Representatives

X: Originally member of the

Provisional Confederate Congress The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, also known as the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America, was a congress of deputies and delegates called together from the Southern States which became the governing bo ...

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers. Alabama * 1.

Thomas Jefferson Foster Thomas Jefferson Foster (July 11, 1809 – February 24, 1887) was a soldier and prominent politician serving the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. He served two terms in the Confederate Congress and was later elect ...

* 2.

William Russell Smith William Russell Smith (March 27, 1815 – February 26, 1896) was a prominent Alabama politician who served in both the United States Congress and the Confederate Congress. Biography Smith was born in Logan County, Kentucky. He moved to Ala ...

* 3. John Perkins Ralls * 4. Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry X * 5. Francis Strother Lyon * 6. William Parish Chilton Sr. X * 7. David Clopton * 8. James Lawrence Pugh * 9. Edmund Strother Dargan Arkansas * 1. Felix Ives Batson * 2.

Grandison Delaney Royston Grandison Delaney Royston (December 9, 1809 – August 14, 1889) was a prominent Arkansas politician. He was born in Carter County, Tennessee and later moved to Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1837 and the Arkansas ...

* 3.

Augustus Hill Garland Augustus Hill Garland (June 11, 1832 – January 26, 1899) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Arkansas, who initially opposed Arkansas' secession from the United States, but later served in both houses of the Congress ...

X * 4.

Thomas Burton Hanly Thomas Burton Hanly (June 9, 1812 – June 9, 1880) was an Arkansas lawyer and politician who served in the Congress of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. Hanly was born in Lexington, Kentucky. He went to Transylvania Univers ...

Florida * 1.

James Baird Dawkins James Baird Dawkins (November 14, 1820 – February 12, 1883) was a prominent Confederate politician. He was born in Union County, (now Cherokee County) South Carolina and later moved to Florida. He represented that state in the First Confe ...

(''resigned'' December 8, 1862) **

John Marshall Martin John Marshall Martin (March 18, 1832 – August 10, 1921) was a slaveowner, an officer in the Confederate Army, and a member of the Confederate Congress. Biography Martin was born in Edgefield County, South Carolina and moved to Marion Cou ...

(''took his seat on '' March 25, 1863 - ''Elected to fill vacancy on'' February 2, 1863) * 2. Robert Benjamin Hilton Georgia * 1. Julian Hartridge * 2.

Charles James Munnerlyn Charles James Munnerlyn (February 14, 1822 – May 17, 1898) was an American politician and military officer who served in the Confederate States of America. He served in the Confederate congress and commanded the First Battalion, Florida Spe ...

* 3. Hines Holt (''resigned'' March 1, 1863 ''after third session'') ** Porter Ingram (''took his seat on ''January 12, 1864 - ''Elected to fill vacancy on'' December 7, 1863) * 4. Augustus Holmes Kenan X * 5. David William Lewis * 6. William White Clark * 7. Robert Pleasant Trippe * 8. Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell * 9.

Hardy Strickland Hardy Strickland (November 24, 1818 – January 24, 1884) was a Confederate politician. He was born in Jackson County, Georgia, and served in the state legislature from 1847 to 1858. He served in the Confederate Army and represented the state ...

* 10.

Augustus Romaldus Wright Augustus Romaldus Wright (June 16, 1813 – March 31, 1891) was an American politician and lawyer, as well as a colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Early life Augustus Wright was born in Wrightsboro, Geor ...

X Kentucky * 1. Willis Benson Machen * 2.

John Watkins Crockett Jr. John Watson Crockett Jr. (May 17, 1818 – June 20, 1874) was prominent Confederate politician. He was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky Jessamine County () is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of ...

* 3.

Henry English Read Henry English Read (December 25, 1824 – November 9, 1868) was an American politician from Kentucky who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War. Read was born in LaRue County, Kentucky. He represented the stat ...

* 4.

George Washington Ewing George Washington Ewing (November 29, 1808 – May 20, 1888) was an American Confederate politician from Kentucky. He was a Confederate delegate then representative during the Civil War. Ewing was born in Adairville, Kentucky, and educated i ...

X * 5. James Chrisman * 6. Theodore Legrand BurnettX * 7. Horatio Washington Bruce * 8. George Baird Hodge X * 9.

Eli Metcalfe Bruce Eli Metcalfe Bruce (February 22, 1828 – December 15, 1866) was a philanthropist and a Representative from Kentucky in the First and Second Confederate Congresses. He was the principal financier of the Confederate government of Kentucky duri ...

* 10. James William Moore * 11. Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. * 12. John Milton Elliott X Louisiana * 1.

Charles Jacques Villeré Charles Jacques Villeré ( – January 7, 1899) was a Louisiana politician who served in the Congress of the Confederate States for two terms during the American Civil War. He was brother-in-law to P. G. T. Beauregard, whose first wife, Ma ...

* 2. Charles Magill Conrad X * 3. Duncan Farrar Kenner X * 4. Lucius Jacques Dupré * 5. Henry Marshall X * 6. John Perkins Jr. X Mississippi * 1. Jeremiah Watkins Clapp * 2. Reuben Davis (''resigned'' March 1, 1863 ''after third session'') ** William Dunbar Holder (''took his seat on ''January 21, 1864 - ''Elected to fill vacancy'') * 3. Israel Victor Welch * 4. Henry Cousins Chambers * 5.

Otho Robards Singleton Otho Robards Singleton (October 14, 1814 – January 11, 1889) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War. Born near Nicholasville, Kentucky, Singleton attended t ...

* 6.

Ethelbert Barksdale Ethelbert Barksdale (January 4, 1824 – February 17, 1893) was a slave owner, a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Mississippi, and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War. Biog ...

* 7. John Jones McRae Missouri :In Confederate law, the people of Missouri were entitled to elect thirteen representatives. The state never implemented the reapportionment and continued to use its existing seven districts. Pending an election, the appointed members of the delegation to the Provisional Congress were assigned to serve in the First Congress. No election was held, so the appointed members served throughout the Congress. * 1.

William Mordecai Cooke Sr. William Mordecai Cooke Sr. (December 11, 1823 – April 14, 1863) was a prominent Confederate States of America, Confederate politician. Biography William Mordecai Cooke was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on December 11, 1823. He earned a la ...

X (''died'' September 3, 1863) * 2. Thomas Alexander Harris X * 3. Caspar Wistar Bell X * 4. Aaron H. Conrow X * 5. George Graham Vest X * 6. Thomas W. Freeman X * 7. ''Representative-elect'' John Hyer ''never took his seat; the district was unrepresented for the entire First Congress;'' North Carolina * 1.

William Nathan Harrell Smith William Nathan Harrell Smith (September 24, 1812 – November 14, 1889) was a United States Representative from North Carolina, and a chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Biography William N. H. Smith was born in Murfreesboro, North ...

* 2. Robert Rufus Bridgers * 3. Owen Rand Kenan * 4.

Thomas David Smith McDowell Thomas David Smith McDowell (January 4, 1823 – May 1, 1898) was a prominent slave-owner and North Carolina politician. He was born in Bladen County, North Carolina. He served in the state House from 1846 to 1850 and in the state senate from 1854 ...

X * 5.

Archibald Hunter Arrington Archibald Hunter Arrington (November 13, 1809 – July 20, 1872) was a slave owner, U.S. Representative from North Carolina from 1841 to 1845 and a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War. Biography Born near Nashv ...

* 6.

James Robert McLean James Robert McLean (September 21, 1823 – April 15, 1870) was a prominent Confederate politician. He was born in Halifax County, North Carolina and later represented the state in the First Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1864. He also served in ...

* 7. Thomas Samuel Ashe * 8. William Lander * 9.

Burgess Sidney Gaither Burgess Sidney Gaither (March 16, 1807 – February 23, 1892) was a prominent North Carolina politician and attorney who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War. Early life and education Gaither was born in Ire ...

* 10. Allen Turner Davidson X South Carolina * 1.

John McQueen John McQueen (February 9, 1804 – August 30, 1867) was an American lawyer and politician. He was U.S. Representative from South Carolina and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War. Early life and educatio ...

* 2. William Porcher Miles X * 3.

Lewis Malone Ayer Jr. Lewis Malone Ayer Jr. (November 21, 1821 – March 8, 1895) was a South Carolina politician who served as a Confederate Congressman during the American Civil War. Ayer was born near Barnwell, South Carolina, and educated in the common school ...

* 4. Milledge Luke Bonham (''resigned'' October 13, 1862 ''after second session'') ** William Dunlap Simpson (''took his seat on ''February 5, 1863 - ''Elected to fill vacancy on'' January 20, 1863) * 5. James Farrow * 6. William Waters Boyce X Tennessee * 1. Joseph Brown Heiskell (''resigned'' February 6, 1864) * 2. William Graham Swan * 3. William Henry Tibbs * 4. Erasmus Lee Gardenhire * 5. Henry Stuart Foote * 6.

Meredith Poindexter Gentry Meredith Poindexter Gentry (September 15, 1809 – November 2, 1866) was an American politician who represented Tennessee's eighth and seventh districts in the United States House of Representatives. Biography Gentry was born in Rockingham ...

* 7. George Washington Jones * 8.

Thomas Menees Thomas Menees (June 26, 1823 – September 6, 1905) was a Confederate politician who represented Tennessee in the Confederate States Congress during much of the American Civil War. He was trained as physician, and between 1874 and 1895 served as t ...

* 9.

John DeWitt Clinton Atkins John DeWitt Clinton Atkins (June 4, 1825 – June 2, 1908) was an American slave owner, politician and a member of both the United States House of Representatives and Confederate Congress from Tennessee. Biography Johnathan Atkins was born at ...

X * 10. John Vines Wright * 11.

David Maney Currin David Maney Currin, Sr. (November 11, 1817 – March 25, 1864) was a Tennessee attorney and politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War. Biography Currin was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in 1817. ...

X Texas * 1. John Allen Wilcox (''died'' February 7, 1864) * 2.

Caleb Claiborne Herbert Caleb Claiborne Herbert (1814 – July 5, 1867) was a Confederate politician during the American Civil War. He was born in Goochland County, Virginia, and later moved to Texas. He served in the Texas Senate from 1857 to 1859. An ardent support ...

* 3. Peter W. Gray * 4. Franklin Barlow Sexton * 5.

Malcolm D. Graham Malcolm Daniel Graham (July 6, 1827 – October 6, 1878) was a Confederate politician. Life He was born in Autauga County, Alabama and later moved to Texas. He served in the Texas State Senate in 1857 and as Attorney General from 1858 to ...

* 6. William Bacon Wright Virginia * 1. Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett (''died'' February 14, 1864) * 2.

John Randolph Chambliss Sr. John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Seco ...

* 3. James Lyons (Representative-elect

John Tyler John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth president of the United States, serving from 1841 to 1845, after briefly holding office as the tenth vice president of the United States, vice president in 1841. He was elected v ...

died on January 18, 1862, before the Congress started. Lyons was elected on February 10, 1862.) * 4. Roger Atkinson Pryor X (''resigned'' April 5, 1862) ** Charles Fenton Collier (''took his seat on ''August 18, 1862 - ''Elected to fill vacancy in'' May 1862''Historical Atlas ...'', p. 134) * 5. Thomas Stanley Bocock X * 6. John Goode Jr. * 7. James Philemon Holcombe * 8.

Daniel Coleman DeJarnette Sr. Daniel Coleman DeJarnette Sr. (October 18, 1822 – August 20, 1881) was a prominent Virginia politician, serving in the United States Congress and then in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War. Biography DeJarnette was ...

* 9. William "Extra Billy" Smith (''resigned'' April 4, 1863) ** David Funsten (''took his seat on ''December 7, 1863 - ''Elected to fill vacancy'') * 10. Alexander Boteler X * 11. John Brown Baldwin * 12. Waller Redd Staples X * 13. Walter Preston X * 14. Albert Gallatin Jenkins (''resigned'' April 21, 1862 ''after first session'') **

Samuel Augustine Miller Samuel Augustine Miller (October 16, 1819 – November 19, 1890) was a politician, member of the Confederate Congress and military officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Biography He was born to Reuben C. and At ...

(''took his seat on ''February 24, 1863 - ''Elected to fill vacancy'') * 15. Robert Johnston X * 16.

Charles Wells Russell Charles Wells Russell (July 22, 1818 – November 22, 1867) was a prominent Virginia lawyer and politician. He supported the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, serving as one of Virginia's delegates to the Provisiona ...

Delegates

Non voting members of the House of Representatives. Arizona Territory *

Marcus H. MacWillie Marcus H. MacWillie was a politician who represented the Confederate Arizona Territory in the Congress of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. M. H. MacWillie was born circa 1836 in Inverness. Scotland. Little is known of his ea ...

Cherokee The Cherokee (; chr, ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, translit=Aniyvwiyaʔi or Anigiduwagi, or chr, ᏣᎳᎩ, links=no, translit=Tsalagi) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, th ...

Nation *

Elias Cornelius Boudinot Elias Cornelius Boudinot (August 1, 1835September 27, 1890) was an American politician, lawyer, newspaper editor, and co-founder of the ''Arkansan'' who served as the delegate to the Confederate States House of Representatives representing the ...

X Choctaw Nation *

Robert McDonald Jones Robert McDonald Jones (October 1, 1808 – February 22, 1872) was a Choctaw senator and prominent Confederate politician. He was born in Mississippi and later relocated to Indian Territory. He was educated at the Choctaw Academy in Blue Spri ...

Senate committees

Accounts * Charles Burton Mitchel, Arkansas, ''Chairman'' * William Theophilus Dortch, North Carolina * William Emmett Simms, Kentucky ** Allen Taylor Caperton, Virginia — ''temporary, session 3'' **

, Arkansas ''—temporary, session 3'' Claims * George Davis, North Carolina, ''Chairman'' (''resigned'' January 11, 1864) * Henry Cornelius Burnett, Kentucky * Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton, Missouri (''died'' September 3, 1863) *

, Missouri — ''session 4'' *

, Florida — ''session 4'' **

, Alabama — ''temporary, session 4'' Commerce * Clement Claiborne Clay, Alabama, ''Chairman'' * Augustus Emmett Maxwell, Florida * William Theophilus Dortch, North Carolina * Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton, Missouri (''died'' September 3, 1863) * Henry Cornelius Burnett, Kentucky — ''sessions 1 and 2'' *

, Florida — ''session 3'' *

, Texas — ''sessions 3 and 4'' *

, South Carolina — ''session 4'' Engrossment and Enrollment * Landon Carter Haynes Sr., Tennessee, ''Chairman —'' ''session 1'' (''appointed, but substituted by James Phelan'') * James Phelan, Mississippi, ''Chairman — sessions 1 and 2'' * William Theophilus Dortch, North Carolina, ''Chairman'' — ''sessions 3 and 4'' * Augustus Emmett Maxwell, Florida * Charles Burton Mitchel, Arkansas — ''sessions 1 and 2'' * Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton, Missouri — ''session 2'' *

, Florida — ''session 2'' * Allen Taylor Caperton, Virginia — ''sessions 3 and 4'' Finance * Robert Woodward Barnwell, South Carolina, ''Chairman'' * Thomas Jenkins Semmes, Louisiana *

Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (April 21, 1809 – July 18, 1887) was an American lawyer, politician and planter. He was a U.S. representative (1837–1843, 1845–1847), speaker of the House (1839–1841), and U.S. senator (1847 ...

, Virginia * George Davis, North Carolina (''resigned'' January 11, 1864) *

, Tennessee — ''sessions 1 and 2'' * John Wood Lewis Sr., Georgia — ''session 2'' *

, Georgia — ''sessions 3 and 4'' * Edwin Godwin Reade, North Carolina — ''session 4'' **

, Alabama — ''temporary, session 4'' Foreign Affairs *

, South Carolina, ''Chairman'' *

, Missouri * Louis Trezevant Wigfall, Texas *

, Alabama (''died'' July 26, 1863) * William Ballard Preston, Virginia (''died'' November 16, 1862) * Robert M. T. Hunter, Virginia — ''session 3'' * Augustus Emmet Maxwell, Florida — ''sessions 3 and 4'' *

, Georgia — ''session 4'' Indian Affairs *

, Arkansas, ''Chairman'' * William Emmett Simms, Kentucky *

, Texas * Clement Claiborne Clay, Alabama — ''sessions 1 and 2'' * Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton, Missouri — ''sessions 1 and 2'' *

, Missouri — ''sessions 3 and 4'' * James Phelan, Mississippi — ''sessions 3 and 4'' Judiciary *

, Georgia, ''Chairman'' * Thomas Jenkins Semmes, Louisiana * Landon Carter Haynes Sr., Tennessee * James Phelan, Mississippi * Henry Cornelius Burnett, Kentucky — ''sessions 1 and 2'' * Allen Taylor Caperton, Virginia — ''sessions 3 and 4'' Military Affairs *

, Louisiana, ''Chairman'' *

, Tennessee * Louis Trezevant Wigfall, Texas *

, Arkansas — ''sessions 1 and 2'' * William Ballard Preston, Virginia — ''sessions 1 and 2'' * Clement Claiborne Clay, Alabama — ''sessions 3 and 4'' * Henry Cornelius Burnett, Kentucky — ''sessions 3 and 4'' Naval Affairs * Albert Gallatin Brown, Mississippi, ''Chairman'' * William Theophilus Dortch, North Carolina * William Emmett Simms, Kentucky *

, Florida ** Henry Cornelius Burnett, Kentucky ''— temporary, session 1'' **

, Georgia ''— temporary, session 1'' ** George Davis, North Carolina — ''temporary, sessions 1 and 2'' *

, Texas —''sessions 1 and 2'' *

, Arkansas — ''session 2'' * Augustus Emmett Maxwell, Florida — ''session 3'' *

, Alabama (''died'' July 26, 1863) — ''session 3'' *

, Georgia — ''sessions 3 and 4'' *

, Alabama — ''session 4'' Patents * Augustus Emmett Maxwell, Florida, ''Chairman'' *

, Georgia * Landon Carter Haynes Sr., Tennessee Pay and Mileage (Session 1) * Henry Cornelius Burnett, Kentucky, ''Chairman'' *

, Tennessee *

, South Carolina Post Offices and Post Roads *

, Texas, ''Chairman'' * Landon Carter Haynes Sr., Tennessee * Charles Burton Mitchel, Arkansas *

, Florida *

, Missouri — ''sessions 1, 2, and 4'' * James Phelan, Mississippi — ''session 1'' (''appointed but substituted by Landon Carter Haynes'') * William Emmett Simms, Kentucky —''session 1'' (''appointed but declined'') * John Wood Lewis Sr., Georgia — ''session 2'' * Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton, Missouri (''died'' September 3, 1863) — ''session 3'' **

, Georgia — ''temporary, session 3'' Printing * James Phelan, Mississippi, ''Chairman'' *

, Georgia *

, Missouri — ''sessions 1, 2, and 4'' * Landon Carter Haynes Sr., Tennessee — ''sessions 3 and 4'' Public Lands *

, Missouri, ''Chairman'' *

, Florida *

, Alabama (''died'' July 26, 1863) — ''sessions 1, 2, and 3'' Rules (Session 1) *

, South Carolina, ''Chairman'' * Clement Claiborne Clay, Alabama *

, Arkansas Territories * Louis Trezevant Wigfall, Texas, ''Chairman'' * Albert Gallatin Brown, Mississippi *

, Alabama — ''sessions 1 and 2'' *

, Missouri — ''sessions 3 and 4''

House committees

Accounts *

, 1st South Carolina, ''Chairman'' * Owen Rand Kenan, 3rd North Carolina *

, 4th Arkansas *

, 1st Alabama *

, 9th Georgia * Willis Benson Machen, 1st Kentucky — ''session 3'' Claims * William "Extra Billy" Smith, 9th Virginia, ''Chairman'' (''resigned'' April 4, 1863) — ''sessions 1 and 3'' * David Clopton, 7th Alabama * Jeremiah Watkins Clapp, 1st Mississippi *

, 6th North Carolina *

, 2nd Georgia * James Farrow, 5th South Carolina * Theodore Legrand Burnett, 6th Kentucky * Erasmus Lee Gardenhire, 4th Tennessee *

, 1st Louisiana — ''sessions 1, 2, and 3'' * Henry Marshall, 5th Louisiana (''appointed but declined'') — ''session 3'' * William Dunlap Simpson, 4th South Carolina — ''sessions 3 and 4'' *

, 4th Arkansas — ''session 4'' * William Bacon Wright, 6th Texas — ''session 4'' Commerce * Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry, 4th Alabama, ''Chairman'' * Henry Cousins Chambers, 4th Mississippi * Robert Pleasant Trippe, 7th Georgia * Horatio Washington Bruce, 7th Kentucky *

, 4th North Carolina *

, 1st Louisiana * Franklin Barlow Sexton, 4th Texas * James Lyons, 3rd Virginia *

, 1st Missouri (''died'' September 3, 1863) — ''sessions 1, 2, and 3'' * Charles Fenton Collier, 4th Virginia — ''session 2'' * Julian Hartridge, 1st Georgia — ''session 2'' Currency (Session 4) * William Waters Boyce, 6th South Carolina, ''Chairman'' * Francis Strother Lyon, 5th Alabama * James Lawrence Pugh, 8th Alabama * Charles Magill Conrad, 2nd Louisiana * Robert Rufus Bridgers, 2nd North Carolina * George Washington Jones, 7th Tennessee * Peter W. Gray, 3rd Texas * John Brown Baldwin, 11th Virginia * Robert Johnston, 15th Virginia Elections *

, 1st North Carolina, ''Chairman'' * Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry, 4th Alabama * Jeremiah Watkins Clapp, 1st Mississippi * George Graham Vest, 5th Missouri * Robert Pleasant Trippe, 7th Georgia *

, 2nd Kentucky * Erasmus Lee Gardenhire, 4th Tennessee *

, 1st Florida (''resigned'' December 8, 1862) — ''sessions 1 and 2'' * Waller Redd Staples, 12th Virginia — ''sessions 1, 3, and 4'' Enrolled Bills * John Milton Elliott, 12th Kentucky, ''Chairman'' * Henry Cousins Chambers, 4th Mississippi ** John Goode Jr., 6th Virginia — ''temporary, session 1'' ** Erasmus Lee Gardenhire, 4th Tennessee — ''temporary, sessions 1, 2, and 4'' * William Henry Tibbs, 3rd Tennessee — ''sessions 1, 2, and 3'' *

, 3rd Arkansas — ''session 3'' * John Allen Wilcox, 1st Texas — ''session 3'' ** Horatio Washington Bruce, 7th Kentucky — ''temporary, sessions 3 and 4'' * Thomas W. Freeman, 6th Missouri — ''session 4'' *

, 4th Arkansas — ''session 4'' * William Bacon Wright, 6th Texas — ''session 4'' Foreign Affairs * Henry Stuart Foote, 5th Tennessee, ''Chairman'' *

, 2nd Alabama * Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., 11th Kentucky * John Perkins Jr., 6th Louisiana *

, 6th Mississippi *

, 6th North Carolina *

, 1st South Carolina *

, 8th Virginia * Walter Preston, 13th Virginia Indian Affairs *

, 5th Mississippi, ''Chairman'' * John Perkins Ralls, 3rd Alabama *

, 4th Arkansas * John Milton Elliott, 12th Kentucky * Lucius Jacques Dupré, 4th Louisiana *

, 5th North Carolina * William Henry Tibbs, 3rd Tennessee * William Bacon Wright, 6th Texas * John Goode Jr., 6th Virginia *

, Cherokee Nation — ''session 4'' Judiciary * Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell, 8th Georgia, ''Chairman'' * Edmund Strother Dargan, 9th Alabama *

, 3rd Arkansas * James William Moore, 10th Kentucky * Thomas Samuel Ashe, 7th North Carolina * Joseph Brown Heiskell, 1st Tennessee (''resigned'' February 6, 1864) * James Philemon Holcombe, 7th Virginia *

, 16th Virginia Medical Department (Sessions 2 - 4) *

, 10th Georgia, ''Chairman'' * John Perkins Ralls, 3rd Alabama *

, 2nd Arkansas — ''sessions 2 and 3'' **

, 3rd Arkansas — ''temporary, session 4'' ** Porter Ingram, 3rd Georgia — ''temporary, session 4'' * James Chrisman, 5th Kentucky * Caspar Wistar Bell, 3rd Missouri *

, 1st North Carolina * James Farrow, 5th South Carolina *

, 8th Tennessee * John Goode Jr., 6th Virginia Military Affairs * William Porcher Miles, 2nd South Carolina, ''Chairman'' * James Lawrence Pugh, 8th Alabama * Robert Benjamin Hilton, 2nd Florida * Augustus Holmes Kenan, 4th Georgia *

, 9th Kentucky *

, 1st Louisiana * Henry Cousins Chambers, 4th Mississippi * Thomas Alexander Harris, 2nd Missouri * Robert Rufus Bridgers, 2nd North Carolina * William Graham Swan, 2nd Tennessee * John Allen Wilcox, 1st Texas (''died'' February 7, 1864) * Reuben Davis, 2nd Mississippi — ''session 1'' * Roger Atkinson Pryor, 4th Virginia (''resigned'' April 5, 1862) — ''session 1'' ** Caspar Wistar Bell, 3rd Missouri — ''temporary, session 1'' * Felix Ives Batson, 1st Arkansas — ''sessions 1, 2, and 3'' Naval Affairs * Charles Magill Conrad, 2nd Louisiana, ''Chairman'' * David Clopton, 7th Alabama *

, 10th Georgia *

, 9th North Carolina * William Waters Boyce, 6th South Carolina *

, 11th Tennessee *

, 2nd Virginia *

, 16th Virginia — ''session 1'' *

, 1st Florida (''resigned'' December 8, 1862) — ''sessions 1 and 2'' * William "Extra Billy" Smith, 9th Virginia, (''resigned'' April 4, 1863) — ''sessions 1 and 3'' * George Baird Hodge, 8th Kentucky — ''sessions 2 and 3'' *

, 1st Florida — ''sessions 3 and 4'' * Charles Fenton Collier, 4th Virginia — ''session 4'' * Thomas W. Freeman, 6th Missouri *

, 2nd Georgia — ''temporary, session 4'' Ordnance and Ordnance Stores (Sessions 2 - 4) * Alexander Boteler, 10th Virginia, ''Chairman'' * David Clopton, 7th Alabama * Julian Hartridge, 1st Georgia * Charles Magill Conrad, 2nd Louisiana * Jeremiah Watkins Clapp, 1st Mississippi * John Vines Wright, 10th Tennessee *

, 2nd Texas — ''sessions 2 and 3'' * George Baird Hodge, 8th Kentucky — ''sessions 2 and 3'' *

, 1st Missouri (''died'' September 3, 1863) — ''sessions 2 and 3'' *

, 3rd South Carolina — ''session 4'' Patents * Caspar Wistar Bell, 3rd Missouri, ''Chairman'' * William Parish Chilton Sr., 6th Alabama * Robert Benjamin Hilton, 2nd Florida *

, 9th Georgia *

, 3rd Kentucky * Henry Marshall, 5th Louisiana * William Lander, 8th North Carolina * William Bacon Wright, 6th Texas * Waller Redd Staples, 12th Virginia — ''sessions 1, 3, and 4'' Pay and Mileage (Sessions 1 - 2) * Theodore Legrand Burnett, 6th Kentucky, ''Chairman'' *

, 10th Georgia *

, 5th Mississippi * Robert Rufus Bridgers, 2nd North Carolina (''appointed but replaced by Augustus Romaldus Wright due to extended absence) — session 1'' * Israel Victor Welch, 3rd Mississippi — ''session 2'' Post Offices and Post Roads * William Parish Chilton Sr., 6th Alabama, ''Chairman'' * Robert Benjamin Hilton, 2nd Florida * William White Clark, 6th Georgia * Aaron H. Conrow, 4th Missouri * Allen Turner Davidson, 10th North Carolina *

, 9th Tennessee * Robert Johnston, 15th Virginia * Israel Victor Welch, 3rd Mississippi — ''sessions 1 and 2'' *

, 2nd Arkansas — ''sessions 1, 2, and 3'' *

, 2nd Texas — ''sessions 1, 2, and 3'' *

, 4th Arkansas — ''session 4'' Printing *

, 6th Mississippi, ''Chairman'' *

, 10th Georgia * Lucius Jacques Dupré, 4th Louisiana *

, 8th Tennessee * Albert Gallatin Jenkins, 14th Virginia (''resigned'' April 21, 1862) — ''session 1'' * David Funsten, 9th Virginia — ''session 4'' ** David William Lewis, 5th Georgia — ''temporary, session 4'' **

, 2nd Alabama — ''temporary, session 4'' Public Buildings * James Lyons, 3rd Virginia, ''Chairman'' * James Lawrence Pugh, 8th Alabama *

, 11th Tennessee Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation (Sessions 2 - 4) * William Parish Chilton Sr., 6th Alabama, ''Chairman'' * William White Clark, 6th Georgia * John Jones McRae, 7th Mississippi * William Lander, 8th North Carolina *

, 3rd South Carolina * Franklin Barlow Sexton, 4th Texas * Walter Preston, 13th Virginia *

, 1st Florida (''resigned'' December 8, 1862) — ''session 2'' * Henry Marshall, 5th Louisiana — ''sessions 2 and 3'' *

, 2nd Arkansas — ''session 3'' * Allen Turner Davidson, 10th North Carolina — ''temporary, session 3; permanent, session 4'' ** Israel Victor Welch, 3rd Mississippi — ''temporary, session 4'' * Henry Stuart Foote, 5th Tennessee — ''session 4'' * Robert Pleasant Trippe, 7th Georgia — ''session 4'' *

, 4th Arkansas — ''session 4'' Rules and Officers of the House (Sessions 1 - 3) * George Washington Jones, 7th Tennessee, ''Chairman'' * David William Lewis, 5th Georgia * John Perkins Jr., 6th Louisiana *

, 1st North Carolina * Alexander Boteler, 10th Virginia Territories and Public Lands * John Allen Wilcox, 1st Texas, ''Chairman'' (''died'' February 7, 1864) *

, 1st Alabama * David William Lewis, 5th Georgia *

, 4th Kentucky * Henry Marshall, 5th Louisiana * Thomas W. Freeman, 6th Missouri *

, 8th Tennessee * Albert Gallatin Jenkins, 14th Virginia (''resigned'' April 21, 1862) —''session 1'' * Felix Ives Batson, 1st Arkansas — ''sessions 1, 2, and 3'' *

, 14th Virginia — ''session 4'' War Tax (Session 2) *

, 3rd South Carolina, ''Chairman'' * Francis Strother Lyon, 5th Alabama *

, 4th Arkansas * Robert Benjamin Hilton, 2nd Florida * William White Clark, 6th Georgia * James Chrisman, 5th Kentucky * Israel Victor Welch, 3rd Mississippi * Aaron H. Conrow, 4th Missouri * William Lander, 8th North Carolina * Joseph Brown Heiskell, 1st Tennessee * Franklin Barlow Sexton, 4th Texas * Charles Fenton Collier, 4th Virginia Ways and Means * Duncan Farrar Kenner, 3rd Louisiana, ''Chairman'' — ''sessions 1, 2, and 3'' * Francis Strother Lyon, 5th Alabama * Willis Benson Machen, 1st Kentucky * John Jones McRae, 7th Mississippi * George Washington Jones, 7th Tennessee *

, 5th Texas * John Brown Baldwin, 11th Virginia * Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett, 1st Virginia — ''session 1'' * Milledge Luke Bonham, 4th South Carolina (''resigned'' October 13, 1862) — ''session 1 and 2'' * Hines Holt, 3rd Georgia (''resigned'' March 1, 1863) — ''sessions 1, 2, and 3'' * William Waters Boyce, 6th South Carolina — ''sessions 3 and 4'' * Julian Hartridge, 1st Georgia — ''session 4'' * John Perkins Jr., 6th Louisiana — ''session 4''

Joint committees

Buildings (Session 1) *Senators ** Henry Cornelius Burnett, Kentucky, ''Chairman'' **

, Florida ** George Davis, North Carolina *Representatives ** James Lyons, 3rd Virginia, ''Chairman'' ** James Lawrence Pugh, 8th Alabama **

, 11th Tennessee Engrossment and Enrollment (Session 1) *Senators **

, Mississippi, ''Chairman'' ** Charles Burton Mitchel, Arkansas ** Augustus Emmet Maxwell, Florida * Representatives ** John Milton Elliott, 12th Kentucky, ''Chairman'' ** Henry Cousins Chambers, 4th Mississippi ** William Henry Tibbs, 3rd Tennessee *** Erasmus Lee Gardenhire, 4th Tennessee — ''temporary''

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and Seal (Sessions 1 - 3) *Senators ** Thomas Jenkins Semmes, Louisiana, ''Chairman'' **

, South Carolina ** William Ballard Preston, Virginia (''died'' November 16, 1862) — ''sessions 1 and 2'' ** Louis Trezevant Wigfall, Texas — ''session 3'' * Representatives ** Alexander Boteler, 10th Virginia, ''Chairman'' **

, 2nd Alabama ** Peter W. Gray, 3rd Texas Inauguration (Session 1) *Senators **

, South Carolina, ''Chairman'' ** Albert Gallatin Brown, Mississippi **

, Tennessee * Representatives ** James Lyons, 3rd Virginia, ''Chairman'' ** Francis Strother Lyon, 5th Alabama ** Felix Ives Batson, 1st Arkansas ** Robert Benjamin Hilton, 2nd Florida ** Hines Holt, 3rd Georgia ** Horatio Washington Bruce, 7th Kentucky ** Henry Marshall, 5th Louisiana **

, 5th Mississippi **

, 1st Missouri **

, 4th North Carolina **

, 1st South Carolina ** William Graham Swan, 2nd Tennessee ** John Allen Wilcox, 1st Texas Printing *Senators **

, Mississippi, ''Chairman'' **

, Georgia **

, Missouri — ''sessions 1, 2, and 4'' ** Landon Carter Haynes Sr., Tennessee — ''sessions 3 and 4'' * Representatives **

, 6th Mississippi, ''Chairman'' **

, 10th Georgia ** Lucius Jacques Dupré, 4th Louisiana **

, 8th Tennessee ** Albert Gallatin Jenkins, 14th Virginia (''resigned'' April 21, 1862) — ''session 1'' ** David Funsten, 9th Virginia — ''session 4'' ***

, 2nd Alabama — ''temporary, session 4'' *** David William Lewis, 5th Georgia — ''temporary, session 4'' Rules (Session 1) * Senators **

, South Carolina, ''Chairman'' ** Clement Claiborne Clay, Alabama **

, Arkansas **

, Alabama * Representatives ** Thomas Stanley Bocock, 5th Virginia, ''Chairman'' ** Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry, 4th Alabama ** David William Lewis, 5th Georgia ** John Perkins Jr., 6th Louisiana ** George Washington Jones, 7th Tennessee

Notes

References

* ''The Historical Atlas of the Congresses of the Confederate States of America: 1861-1865'', by Kenneth C. Martis (Simon and Schuster 1994) {{DEFAULTSORT:Confederate States Congress 1862 establishments in Virginia 1864 disestablishments in Virginia