The 2nd Confederate States Congress, consisting of the Confederate States Senate and the Confederate States House of Representatives, met from May 2, 1864, to March 18, 1865, during the last year 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 ...
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 ...
; the Confederacy's government effectively dissolved 16 days later, when it fled Richmond on April 3, 1865. Its members were elected in the 1863 congressional elections.
Sessions
Held May 2, 1864, through March 18, 1865, at the Virginia State Capital in Richmond, Virginia. The term of the Second Congress was due to end on February 18, 1866. However, due to the defeat and dissolution of the Confederacy prior to that time, the Congress did not function after the end of its second and final session.
* 1st Session – May 2, 1864 to June 14, 1864
* 2nd Session – November 7, 1864 to March 18, 1865
Leadership
Senate
*
President
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*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
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Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese f ...
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
* Recording Clerk: John W. Anderson, Alabama
* Sergeant-at-Arms: Lafayette H. Fitzhugh, Kentucky
* Doorkeeper: James Page, North Carolina
* Assistant Doorkeeper: John Wadsworth, Georgia
House
*
Clerk
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: Albert Reese Lamar, Georgia
* Assistant Clerk: David Louis Dalton, Alabama — ''sessions 3 and 4''
* Doorkeeper: Robert Harrison Wynne, Alabama
Members
Senate
X: served in the Senate of the First Congress (i.e. reelected or continued in office for this Second Congress).
: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. Senators of Class 1 were intended to serve a six-year term, starting with this Congress and expiring in 1870. Class 2 senators served what was intended to be a four-year term, due to end on the expiry of this Congress in 1866. Class 3 senators were meant to serve a six-year term, due to expire in 1868.
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 ...
X
* 1.
Richard Wilde Walker
Richard Wilde Walker (February 16, 1823 – June 16, 1874) was an American politician.
Biography
Walker was born in Huntsville, Alabama in 1823. He was the son of John Williams Walker, the brother of Percy Walker and LeRoy Pope Walker, a ...
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 ...
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 ...
(''took his seat on '' November 8, 1864 – ''Appointed to fill vacancy'')
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 ...
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 ...
X
* 1.
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 ...
X
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 ...
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 ...
X
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 ...
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 ...
X
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 ...
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 ...
* 2.
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 ...
X
* 1. (''vacant caused by the inability of the Missouri legislature to meet and elect a senator'')
** George Graham Vest (''took his seat on '' January 12, 1865 – ''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 ...
William Alexander Graham
William Alexander Graham (September 5, 1804August 11, 1875) was a United States senator from North Carolina from 1840 to 1843, a senator later in the Confederate States Senate from 1864 to 1865, the 30th governor of North Carolina from 1845 t ...
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 ...
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 ...
X
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 ...
X
* 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 ...
X
Texas
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* 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, Tennes ...
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 ...
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
X: reelected
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 ...
X
* 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 ...
William Parish Chilton, Sr.
William Parish Chilton (August 10, 1810 – January 20, 1871) was an American politician and author who served as a Deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862.
Early life
Called Will Chilton, he ...
James Shelton Dickinson
James Shelton Dickinson (January 18, 1818 – July 23, 1882) was a prominent Confederate States of America politician.
He was born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and later moved to Alabama. He was a member of the Alabama State Senate fro ...
Rufus King Garland, Jr.
Rufus King Garland Jr. (May 22, 1830 – December 12, 1886) was a prominent Arkansas politician.
He was born in Tipton County, Tennessee, the older brother of Augustus Hill Garland. He later moved to Arkansas and served in the state legislat ...
* 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 (''resigned to become CS senator November 8, 1864'')
**
David Williamson Carroll
David Williamson Carroll (March 11, 1816 – June 24, 1905) was an American politician who served in the Confederate army and congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
Carroll was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a lineal descen ...
(''took his seat on '' January 11, 1865 – ''Elected to fill vacancy on '' October 24, 1864)
* 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 ...
X
Florida
* 1.
Samuel St. George Rogers
Samuel St. George Rogers (June 30, 1832 – September 11, 1880) was a solicitor, an officer in the Confederate Army, a Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War. He also represented Flor ...
Mark Harden Blandford
Mark Harden Blandford (July 13, 1826 – January 31, 1902) was an American soldier, attorney, politician, and judge. He was a Member of the Confederate House of Representatives during the American Civil War.
Biography
Mark Blandford was born i ...
John Troup Shewmake
John Troup Shewmake (January 23, 1828 – December 1, 1898) was a lawyer and Confederate politician during the American Civil War.
Shewmake was born in Burke County, Georgia, and served in the Georgia State Senate in 1861 and again in 1879. ...
* 6.
Joseph Hubbard Echols
Joseph Hubbard Echols (December 25, 1816 – September 23, 1885) was a prominent Confederate politician. He was born in Wilkes County, Georgia and served in the state legislature in 1861. He was elected to represent Georgia in the Second Confederat ...
George Nelson Lester
George Nelson Lester (March 13, 1824 – March 30, 1892) was a Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
Lester was born in Abbeville County, South Carolina. He served in the ...
* 9.
Hiram Parks Bell
Hiram Parks Bell (January 19, 1827 – August 16, 1907) was a white supremacist, slave owner, U.S. Representative and a Confederate Representative from the state of Georgia.
Early life and education
Bell was born January 19, 1827, ne ...
* 10.
Warren Akin, Sr.
Warren Akin Sr. (October 9, 1811 – December 17, 1877) was an attorney, member of the Georgia House of Representatives, Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War, and an ordained Method ...
George Washington Triplett
George Washington Triplett (February 18, 1809 – June 25, 1894) was a Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
Triplett was born in Franklin County, Kentucky. He served in ...
* 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 ...
X
* 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 ...
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 ...
Benjamin Franklin Bradley
Benjamin Franklin Bradley (October 5, 1825 – January 22, 1897) was a politician in the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.
Biography
Bradley was born in Georgetown, Kentucky, Georgetown in Scott County, Kentucky, S ...
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 ...
Benjamin Lewis Hodge
Benjamin Lewis Hodge ( – August 12, 1864) was a Confederate politician who commanded the 19th Louisiana Infantry Regiment during the early stages of the American Civil War, including during the Battle of Shiloh.
Hodge was born in Tenness ...
(''died'' August 12, 1864)
**
Henry Gray
Henry Gray (1827 – 13 June 1861) was a British anatomist and surgeon most notable for publishing the book ''Gray's Anatomy''. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) at the age of 25.
Biography
Gray was born in Belgrav ...
(''took his seat on '' December 28, 1864 – ''Elected to fill vacancy'' October 17, 1864)
* 6.
John Perkins, Jr.
John Perkins Jr. (July 1, 1819 – November 28, 1885) was an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from Louisiana.
Biography
Perkins was born on July 1, 1819, in Adams County, Mississippi, to John and Mary ( née Rives) ...
X
Mississippi
* 1.
Jehu Amaziah Orr
Jehu Amaziah Orr (May 10, 1828 – March 10, 1921) was a Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University in 1849 and later returned ...
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 ...
X
* 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 ...
X
* 7.
John Tillman Lamkin
John Tillman Lamkin (also spelled John Tilman Lamkin) (July 17, 1811 – May 19, 1870) was a Southern United States politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Lamkin was born in Augusta, Georgia, t ...
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.
* 1. Thomas Lowndes Snead
* 2.
Nimrod Lindsay Norton
Nimrod Lindsay Norton (April 18, 1830 – September 28, 1903) was a Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
Norton was born in Nicholas County, Kentucky, and later move ...
* 3.
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, a ...
Peter Singleton Wilkes
Peter Singleton Wilkes (1827 – January 2, 1900) was a prominent Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Wilkes was born in Maury County, Tennessee and later moved to Missouri. He ...
* 7.
Robert Anthony Hatcher
Robert Anthony Hatcher (February 24, 1819 – December 4, 1886) was a prominent Missouri politician and Democrat who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War. He then spent three terms in the United States House ...
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 ...
Thomas Charles Fuller
Thomas Charles Fuller (February 27, 1832 – October 20, 1901) was a prominent politician of the Confederate States of America and later a federal judge.
Biography
Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he was the youngest of three children bo ...
* 5.
Josiah Turner
Josiah Turner, Jr. (December 27, 1821 – October 26, 1901) was an American lawyer, politician and newspaper editor from North Carolina.
Turner, one-time president of the North Carolina Railroad Company, was elected to represent Orange County ...
* 6. John Adams Gilmer
* 7. James Madison Leach (''Representative-elect Samuel H. Christian died, in March 1864, before taking his seat. Leach was elected'' April 21, 1864.''Historical Atlas ...'' p. 137 and notes p. 139)
* 8.
James Graham Ramsay
James Graham Ramsay (March 1, 1823 – January 10, 1903) was a North Carolina physician and politician who served in the North Carolina Senate and Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
Ramsay was born on hi ...
* 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.
George Washington Logan
George Washington Logan (February 22, 1815 – October 18, 1889) was a prominent North Carolina politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War as a peace and Unionist candidate.
Logan was born in Ruthe ...
South Carolina
* 1.
James Hervey Witherspoon, Jr.
James Hervey Witherspoon Jr. (March 23, 1810, in Lancaster County, South Carolina – October 3, 1865, in Lancaster, South Carolina) was a prominent Confederate States of America politician. He was a colonel in the Confederate Army, and serve ...
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 ...
Arthur St. Clair Colyar
Arthur St. Clair Colyar (June 23, 1818 – December 13, 1907) was an American lawyer, Confederate States of America, Confederate politician, and newspaper editor.
Early life
Colyar was born on June 23, 1818, in Washington County, Tennessee. ...
* 4.
John Porry Murray
John Porry Murray (July 14, 1830 – December 21, 1895) was an American politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Murray was born in Gainesboro, Jackson County, Tennessee. He was a state cour ...
Edwin Augustus Keebel
Edwin Augustus Keeble (February 14, 1807 – August 26, 1868) was a Tennessee politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Early life
Keeble was born on February 14, 1807, in Cumberland County, Virg ...
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 ...
X
* 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 ...
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. ...
died, on March 25, 1864, before taking his seat. Cluskey was elected thereafter.''''Historical Atlas ...'' p. 137 and notes p. 140)
Texas
* 1.
Stephen Heard Darden
Stephen Heard Darden (November 19, 1816 – May 16, 1902) was a prominent Texas politician who served in the Texas Senate and then as an officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.
Life
Mr. Darden is of English-Irish desc ...
(''Representative-elect John Allen Wilcox died, on February 7, 1864, before taking his seat. Darden was elected'' August 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 ...
X
* 3.
Anthony Martin Branch
Anthony Martin Branch (July 16, 1823 – October 3, 1867) was a Texas politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
Branch was born in Buckingham County, Virginia. He graduated from Hampd ...
Thomas Saunders Gholson
Thomas Saunders Gholson (December 9, 1808 – December 12, 1868) was a Virginia lawyer, judge and Confederate politician.
Early and family life
He was born in Gholsonville, Brunswick County, Virginia to Major William Gholson (1775–1831) and h ...
John Goode, Jr.
John Goode Jr. (May 27, 1829 – July 14, 1909) was a Virginia attorney and Democratic politician. He served in both the United States Congress and the Confederate Congress, and was a colonel in the Confederate Army. He was Solicitor Gener ...
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 born ...
Frederick William Mackey Holliday
Frederick William Mackey Holliday (February 22, 1828May 29, 1899) was a member of the Confederate Congress as well as an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He also became the 38th Governor of Virginia, serv ...
LaFayette McMullen
LaFayette "Fayette" McMullen (May 18, 1805 – November 8, 1880) was a 19th-century politician, driver, teamster and banker from the U.S. state of Virginia and the second appointed Governor of Washington Territory.
Early life and family
Born ...
* 14.
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 ...
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 ...
X
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 ...
X
Cherokee 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
Creek
A creek in North America and elsewhere, such as Australia, is a stream that is usually smaller than a river. In the British Isles it is a small tidal inlet.
Creek may also refer to:
People
* Creek people, also known as Muscogee, Native Americans
...
and
Seminole
The Seminole are a Native American people who developed in Florida in the 18th century. Today, they live in Oklahoma and Florida, and comprise three federally recognized tribes: the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, ...
Nations
*
Samuel Benton Callahan
Samuel Benton Callahan (January 26, 1833 – February 17, 1911) was an influential, mixed blood Creek politician, born in Mobile, Alabama, to a white father, James Callahan, and Amanda Doyle, a mixed-blood Creek woman. One source says that Jame ...
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 ...
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 ...
, Missouri
*
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, Tennes ...
, Texas — ''session 2''
Commerce
*
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, Tennes ...
, Texas, ''Chairman''
*
Richard Wilde Walker
Richard Wilde Walker (February 16, 1823 – June 16, 1874) was an American politician.
Biography
Walker was born in Huntsville, Alabama in 1823. He was the son of John Williams Walker, the brother of Percy Walker and LeRoy Pope Walker, a ...
Landon Carter Haynes, Sr.
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 ...
Richard Wilde Walker
Richard Wilde Walker (February 16, 1823 – June 16, 1874) was an American politician.
Biography
Walker was born in Huntsville, Alabama in 1823. He was the son of John Williams Walker, the brother of Percy Walker and LeRoy Pope Walker, a ...
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 ...
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
*
William Alexander Graham
William Alexander Graham (September 5, 1804August 11, 1875) was a United States senator from North Carolina from 1840 to 1843, a senator later in the Confederate States Senate from 1864 to 1865, the 30th governor of North Carolina from 1845 t ...
, North Carolina
*
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 ...
, Alabama — ''session 1''
**
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 ...
, South Carolina — ''temporary, session 2''
**
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, Tennes ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
, Missouri
*
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, Tennes ...
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 ...
, Georgia, ''Chairman''
*
Richard Wilde Walker
Richard Wilde Walker (February 16, 1823 – June 16, 1874) was an American politician.
Biography
Walker was born in Huntsville, Alabama in 1823. He was the son of John Williams Walker, the brother of Percy Walker and LeRoy Pope Walker, a ...
Landon Carter Haynes, Sr.
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 ...
, Tennessee
**
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, Tennes ...
, Texas — ''temporary, session 2''
Military Affairs
*
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 ...
, Louisiana, ''Chairman''
*
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
, Florida
*
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 ...
William Alexander Graham
William Alexander Graham (September 5, 1804August 11, 1875) was a United States senator from North Carolina from 1840 to 1843, a senator later in the Confederate States Senate from 1864 to 1865, the 30th governor of North Carolina from 1845 t ...
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 ...
, Georgia
*
Landon Carter Haynes, Sr.
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 ...
, Tennessee
Post Offices and Post Roads
* Charles Burton Mitchel, Arkansas (''died'' September 20, 1864) — ''session 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 ...
, Florida
*
Landon Carter Haynes, Sr.
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 ...
, Tennessee
*
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, Tennes ...
, Texas
*
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 ...
, Alabama — ''session 1''
*
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 ...
, Arkansas — ''session 2''
**
Richard Wilde Walker
Richard Wilde Walker (February 16, 1823 – June 16, 1874) was an American politician.
Biography
Walker was born in Huntsville, Alabama in 1823. He was the son of John Williams Walker, the brother of Percy Walker and LeRoy Pope Walker, a ...
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 ...
, South Carolina
*
Landon Carter Haynes, Sr.
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 ...
, Tennessee
Public Buildings
*
Richard Wilde Walker
Richard Wilde Walker (February 16, 1823 – June 16, 1874) was an American politician.
Biography
Walker was born in Huntsville, Alabama in 1823. He was the son of John Williams Walker, the brother of Percy Walker and LeRoy Pope Walker, a ...
, Alabama
*
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 ...
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 ...
, Florida, ''Chairman''
*
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 ...
, Arkansas
*
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 ...
, North Carolina
Rules
*
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 ...
, South Carolina, ''Chairman''
*
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 ...
John Troup Shewmake
John Troup Shewmake (January 23, 1828 – December 1, 1898) was a lawyer and Confederate politician during the American Civil War.
Shewmake was born in Burke County, Georgia, and served in the Georgia State Senate in 1861 and again in 1879. ...
James Shelton Dickinson
James Shelton Dickinson (January 18, 1818 – July 23, 1882) was a prominent Confederate States of America politician.
He was born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and later moved to Alabama. He was a member of the Alabama State Senate fro ...
, 9th Alabama
*
Warren Akin, Sr.
Warren Akin Sr. (October 9, 1811 – December 17, 1877) was an attorney, member of the Georgia House of Representatives, Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War, and an ordained Method ...
, 10th Georgia
*
George Washington Triplett
George Washington Triplett (February 18, 1809 – June 25, 1894) was a Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
Triplett was born in Franklin County, Kentucky. He served in ...
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 ...
Frederick William Mackey Holliday
Frederick William Mackey Holliday (February 22, 1828May 29, 1899) was a member of the Confederate Congress as well as an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He also became the 38th Governor of Virginia, serv ...
, 10th Virginia
*
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 ...
, 4th Kentucky — ''session 2''
*
Nimrod Lindsay Norton
Nimrod Lindsay Norton (April 18, 1830 – September 28, 1903) was a Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
Norton was born in Nicholas County, Kentucky, and later move ...
, 2nd Missouri — ''session 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 ...
, 2nd Texas — ''session 2''
Commerce
*
James Shelton Dickinson
James Shelton Dickinson (January 18, 1818 – July 23, 1882) was a prominent Confederate States of America politician.
He was born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and later moved to Alabama. He was a member of the Alabama State Senate fro ...
John Perkins, Jr.
John Perkins Jr. (July 1, 1819 – November 28, 1885) was an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from Louisiana.
Biography
Perkins was born on July 1, 1819, in Adams County, Mississippi, to John and Mary ( née Rives) ...
, 6th Louisiana
*
John Tillman Lamkin
John Tillman Lamkin (also spelled John Tilman Lamkin) (July 17, 1811 – May 19, 1870) was a Southern United States politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Lamkin was born in Augusta, Georgia, t ...
, 7th Mississippi
*
Thomas Charles Fuller
Thomas Charles Fuller (February 27, 1832 – October 20, 1901) was a prominent politician of the Confederate States of America and later a federal judge.
Biography
Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he was the youngest of three children bo ...
, 4th North Carolina
* James Farrow, 5th South Carolina
*
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 ...
, 9th Tennessee
*
John Goode, Jr.
John Goode Jr. (May 27, 1829 – July 14, 1909) was a Virginia attorney and Democratic politician. He served in both the United States Congress and the Confederate Congress, and was a colonel in the Confederate Army. He was Solicitor Gener ...
, 6th Virginia
*
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 ...
, 3rd South Carolina — ''session 2''
*
David Williamson Carroll
David Williamson Carroll (March 11, 1816 – June 24, 1905) was an American politician who served in the Confederate army and congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
Carroll was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a lineal descen ...
, 3rd Arkansas — ''session 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 ...
Hiram Parks Bell
Hiram Parks Bell (January 19, 1827 – August 16, 1907) was a white supremacist, slave owner, U.S. Representative and a Confederate Representative from the state of Georgia.
Early life and education
Bell was born January 19, 1827, ne ...
Anthony Martin Branch
Anthony Martin Branch (July 16, 1823 – October 3, 1867) was a Texas politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
Branch was born in Buckingham County, Virginia. He graduated from Hampd ...
, 3rd Texas
*
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 ...
, 14th Virginia
*
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, a ...
Samuel St. George Rogers
Samuel St. George Rogers (June 30, 1832 – September 11, 1880) was a solicitor, an officer in the Confederate Army, a Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War. He also represented Flor ...
, 1st Florida
*
Thomas Charles Fuller
Thomas Charles Fuller (February 27, 1832 – October 20, 1901) was a prominent politician of the Confederate States of America and later a federal judge.
Biography
Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he was the youngest of three children bo ...
, 4th North Carolina
*
Robert Anthony Hatcher
Robert Anthony Hatcher (February 24, 1819 – December 4, 1886) was a prominent Missouri politician and Democrat who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War. He then spent three terms in the United States House ...
, 7th Missouri — ''temporary, session'' 2
Flag and Seal
*
William Parish Chilton, Sr.
William Parish Chilton (August 10, 1810 – January 20, 1871) was an American politician and author who served as a Deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862.
Early life
Called Will Chilton, he ...
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 ...
John Perkins, Jr.
John Perkins Jr. (July 1, 1819 – November 28, 1885) was an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from Louisiana.
Biography
Perkins was born on July 1, 1819, in Adams County, Mississippi, to John and Mary ( née Rives) ...
, 6th Louisiana
*
Jehu Amaziah Orr
Jehu Amaziah Orr (May 10, 1828 – March 10, 1921) was a Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University in 1849 and later returned ...
, 1st Mississippi
*
Josiah Turner
Josiah Turner, Jr. (December 27, 1821 – October 26, 1901) was an American lawyer, politician and newspaper editor from North Carolina.
Turner, one-time president of the North Carolina Railroad Company, was elected to represent Orange County ...
, 5th North Carolina
*
James Hervey Witherspoon, Jr.
James Hervey Witherspoon Jr. (March 23, 1810, in Lancaster County, South Carolina – October 3, 1865, in Lancaster, South Carolina) was a prominent Confederate States of America politician. He was a colonel in the Confederate Army, and serve ...
, 1st South Carolina
*
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 born ...
, 8th Virginia
* William Cabell Rives, 7th Virginia (''resigned'' March 7, 1865)
*
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 ...
, 9th Tennessee — ''session 2''
* Thomas Lowndes Snead, 1st Missouri — ''session 2''
Indian Affairs
*
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 ...
, 5th Mississippi, ''Chairman — session 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 ...
, 1st Alabama
*
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 ...
, 4th Arkansas
*
Samuel St. George Rogers
Samuel St. George Rogers (June 30, 1832 – September 11, 1880) was a solicitor, an officer in the Confederate Army, a Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War. He also represented Flor ...
, 1st Florida
*
Joseph Hubbard Echols
Joseph Hubbard Echols (December 25, 1816 – September 23, 1885) was a prominent Confederate politician. He was born in Wilkes County, Georgia and served in the state legislature in 1861. He was elected to represent Georgia in the Second Confederat ...
Josiah Turner
Josiah Turner, Jr. (December 27, 1821 – October 26, 1901) was an American lawyer, politician and newspaper editor from North Carolina.
Turner, one-time president of the North Carolina Railroad Company, was elected to represent Orange County ...
, 5th North Carolina
*
John Porry Murray
John Porry Murray (July 14, 1830 – December 21, 1895) was an American politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Murray was born in Gainesboro, Jackson County, Tennessee. He was a state cour ...
, 4th Tennessee
*
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 ...
, 14th Virginia
*
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 ...
, Cherokee Nation
*
John Robert Baylor
John R. Baylor (born John Robert Baylor; July 27, 1822 – February 6, 1894) was a US Indian agent, publisher and editor, politician, and a senior officer of the Confederate States Army.Peter Singleton Wilkes
Peter Singleton Wilkes (1827 – January 2, 1900) was a prominent Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Wilkes was born in Maury County, Tennessee and later moved to Missouri. He ...
William Parish Chilton, Sr.
William Parish Chilton (August 10, 1810 – January 20, 1871) was an American politician and author who served as a Deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862.
Early life
Called Will Chilton, he ...
, 6th Alabama
*
Mark Harden Blandford
Mark Harden Blandford (July 13, 1826 – January 31, 1902) was an American soldier, attorney, politician, and judge. He was a Member of the Confederate House of Representatives during the American Civil War.
Biography
Mark Blandford was born i ...
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 ...
, 9th North Carolina
*
Edwin Augustus Keebel
Edwin Augustus Keeble (February 14, 1807 – August 26, 1868) was a Tennessee politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Early life
Keeble was born on February 14, 1807, in Cumberland County, Virg ...
, 6th Tennessee
*
Thomas Saunders Gholson
Thomas Saunders Gholson (December 9, 1808 – December 12, 1868) was a Virginia lawyer, judge and Confederate politician.
Early and family life
He was born in Gholsonville, Brunswick County, Virginia to Major William Gholson (1775–1831) and h ...
, 4th Virginia
*
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 ...
, 16th Virginia
*
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 ...
, 3rd Arkansas (''resigned to become CS senator November 8, 1864'') — ''session 1''
* Simpson Harris Morgan, 6th Texas (''died'' December 15, 1864) — ''session 2''
* Felix Ives Batson, 1st Arkansas — ''session 2''
*
Henry Gray
Henry Gray (1827 – 13 June 1861) was a British anatomist and surgeon most notable for publishing the book ''Gray's Anatomy''. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) at the age of 25.
Biography
Gray was born in Belgrav ...
, 5th Louisiana — ''session 2''
* George Graham Vest, 5th Missouri — ''session 2''
Medical Department
* David Clopton, 7th Alabama
*
Joseph Hubbard Echols
Joseph Hubbard Echols (December 25, 1816 – September 23, 1885) was a prominent Confederate politician. He was born in Wilkes County, Georgia and served in the state legislature in 1861. He was elected to represent Georgia in the Second Confederat ...
, 6th Georgia
*
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 ...
James Graham Ramsay
James Graham Ramsay (March 1, 1823 – January 10, 1903) was a North Carolina physician and politician who served in the North Carolina Senate and Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
Ramsay was born on hi ...
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 ...
, 8th Tennessee
*
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 born ...
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 ...
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 ...
Anthony Martin Branch
Anthony Martin Branch (July 16, 1823 – October 3, 1867) was a Texas politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
Branch was born in Buckingham County, Virginia. He graduated from Hampd ...
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, a ...
, 3rd Missouri — ''session 2''
* Williams Carter Wickham, 3rd Virginia — ''session 2''
Naval Affairs
* David Clopton, 7th Alabama, ''Chairman''
*
Samuel St. George Rogers
Samuel St. George Rogers (June 30, 1832 – September 11, 1880) was a solicitor, an officer in the Confederate Army, a Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War. He also represented Flor ...
, 1st Florida
*
John Troup Shewmake
John Troup Shewmake (January 23, 1828 – December 1, 1898) was a lawyer and Confederate politician during the American Civil War.
Shewmake was born in Burke County, Georgia, and served in the Georgia State Senate in 1861 and again in 1879. ...
James Graham Ramsay
James Graham Ramsay (March 1, 1823 – January 10, 1903) was a North Carolina physician and politician who served in the North Carolina Senate and Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
Ramsay was born on hi ...
Stephen Heard Darden
Stephen Heard Darden (November 19, 1816 – May 16, 1902) was a prominent Texas politician who served in the Texas Senate and then as an officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.
Life
Mr. Darden is of English-Irish desc ...
Benjamin Franklin Bradley
Benjamin Franklin Bradley (October 5, 1825 – January 22, 1897) was a politician in the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.
Biography
Bradley was born in Georgetown, Kentucky, Georgetown in Scott County, Kentucky, S ...
, 11th Kentucky
*
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 ...
, 6th Mississippi
*
George Washington Logan
George Washington Logan (February 22, 1815 – October 18, 1889) was a prominent North Carolina politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War as a peace and Unionist candidate.
Logan was born in Ruthe ...
, 10th North Carolina
*
James Hervey Witherspoon, Jr.
James Hervey Witherspoon Jr. (March 23, 1810, in Lancaster County, South Carolina – October 3, 1865, in Lancaster, South Carolina) was a prominent Confederate States of America politician. He was a colonel in the Confederate Army, and serve ...
, 1st South Carolina
*
John Porry Murray
John Porry Murray (July 14, 1830 – December 21, 1895) was an American politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Murray was born in Gainesboro, Jackson County, Tennessee. He was a state cour ...
, 4th Tennessee
*
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 ...
Robert Anthony Hatcher
Robert Anthony Hatcher (February 24, 1819 – December 4, 1886) was a prominent Missouri politician and Democrat who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War. He then spent three terms in the United States House ...
, 7th Missouri — ''session 2''
*
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 ...
, 3rd South Carolina — ''session 2''
Patents
*
William Parish Chilton, Sr.
William Parish Chilton (August 10, 1810 – January 20, 1871) was an American politician and author who served as a Deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862.
Early life
Called Will Chilton, he ...
, 6th Alabama, ''Chairman''
*
Hiram Parks Bell
Hiram Parks Bell (January 19, 1827 – August 16, 1907) was a white supremacist, slave owner, U.S. Representative and a Confederate Representative from the state of Georgia.
Early life and education
Bell was born January 19, 1827, ne ...
John Tillman Lamkin
John Tillman Lamkin (also spelled John Tilman Lamkin) (July 17, 1811 – May 19, 1870) was a Southern United States politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Lamkin was born in Augusta, Georgia, t ...
, 7th Mississippi
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Thomas Charles Fuller
Thomas Charles Fuller (February 27, 1832 – October 20, 1901) was a prominent politician of the Confederate States of America and later a federal judge.
Biography
Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he was the youngest of three children bo ...
John Robert Baylor
John R. Baylor (born John Robert Baylor; July 27, 1822 – February 6, 1894) was a US Indian agent, publisher and editor, politician, and a senior officer of the Confederate States Army.Theodore Legrand Burnett, 6th Kentucky, ''Chairman''
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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 ...
, 4th Arkansas
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Joseph Hubbard Echols
Joseph Hubbard Echols (December 25, 1816 – September 23, 1885) was a prominent Confederate politician. He was born in Wilkes County, Georgia and served in the state legislature in 1861. He was elected to represent Georgia in the Second Confederat ...
, 6th Georgia
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Mark Harden Blandford
Mark Harden Blandford (July 13, 1826 – January 31, 1902) was an American soldier, attorney, politician, and judge. He was a Member of the Confederate House of Representatives during the American Civil War.
Biography
Mark Blandford was born i ...
, 3rd Georgia — ''temporary, session 2''
Post Offices and Post Roads
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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 ...
, 1st Alabama
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Hiram Parks Bell
Hiram Parks Bell (January 19, 1827 – August 16, 1907) was a white supremacist, slave owner, U.S. Representative and a Confederate Representative from the state of Georgia.
Early life and education
Bell was born January 19, 1827, ne ...
, 9th Georgia
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Benjamin Franklin Bradley
Benjamin Franklin Bradley (October 5, 1825 – January 22, 1897) was a politician in the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.
Biography
Bradley was born in Georgetown, Kentucky, Georgetown in Scott County, Kentucky, S ...
, 11th Kentucky
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John Tillman Lamkin
John Tillman Lamkin (also spelled John Tilman Lamkin) (July 17, 1811 – May 19, 1870) was a Southern United States politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Lamkin was born in Augusta, Georgia, t ...
James Hervey Witherspoon, Jr.
James Hervey Witherspoon Jr. (March 23, 1810, in Lancaster County, South Carolina – October 3, 1865, in Lancaster, South Carolina) was a prominent Confederate States of America politician. He was a colonel in the Confederate Army, and serve ...
LaFayette McMullen
LaFayette "Fayette" McMullen (May 18, 1805 – November 8, 1880) was a 19th-century politician, driver, teamster and banker from the U.S. state of Virginia and the second appointed Governor of Washington Territory.
Early life and family
Born ...
Peter Singleton Wilkes
Peter Singleton Wilkes (1827 – January 2, 1900) was a prominent Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Wilkes was born in Maury County, Tennessee and later moved to Missouri. He ...
George Washington Logan
George Washington Logan (February 22, 1815 – October 18, 1889) was a prominent North Carolina politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War as a peace and Unionist candidate.
Logan was born in Ruthe ...
John Goode, Jr.
John Goode Jr. (May 27, 1829 – July 14, 1909) was a Virginia attorney and Democratic politician. He served in both the United States Congress and the Confederate Congress, and was a colonel in the Confederate Army. He was Solicitor Gener ...
LaFayette McMullen
LaFayette "Fayette" McMullen (May 18, 1805 – November 8, 1880) was a 19th-century politician, driver, teamster and banker from the U.S. state of Virginia and the second appointed Governor of Washington Territory.
Early life and family
Born ...
, 13th Virginia
* William Dunbar Holder, 2nd Mississippi — ''session 2''
* Aaron H. Conrow, 4th Missouri — ''session 2''
Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation
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George Nelson Lester
George Nelson Lester (March 13, 1824 – March 30, 1892) was a Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
Lester was born in Abbeville County, South Carolina. He served in the ...
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 ...
, 3rd Kentucky
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Jehu Amaziah Orr
Jehu Amaziah Orr (May 10, 1828 – March 10, 1921) was a Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University in 1849 and later returned ...
Frederick William Mackey Holliday
Frederick William Mackey Holliday (February 22, 1828May 29, 1899) was a member of the Confederate Congress as well as an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He also became the 38th Governor of Virginia, serv ...
, 10th Virginia
* Robert Johnston, 15th Virginia
* Aaron H. Conrow, 4th Missouri — ''session 2''
Rules and Officers of the House
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William Parish Chilton, Sr.
William Parish Chilton (August 10, 1810 – January 20, 1871) was an American politician and author who served as a Deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862.
Early life
Called Will Chilton, he ...
, 6th Alabama
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George Nelson Lester
George Nelson Lester (March 13, 1824 – March 30, 1892) was a Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
Lester was born in Abbeville County, South Carolina. He served in the ...
, 8th Georgia
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John Perkins, Jr.
John Perkins Jr. (July 1, 1819 – November 28, 1885) was an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from Louisiana.
Biography
Perkins was born on July 1, 1819, in Adams County, Mississippi, to John and Mary ( née Rives) ...
, 6th Louisiana
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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 ...
, 1st North Carolina
* Robert Latané Montague, 1st Virginia
Territories and Public Lands
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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 ...
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 ...
, 8th Tennessee
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Anthony Martin Branch
Anthony Martin Branch (July 16, 1823 – October 3, 1867) was a Texas politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
Branch was born in Buckingham County, Virginia. He graduated from Hampd ...
, 3rd Texas
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LaFayette McMullen
LaFayette "Fayette" McMullen (May 18, 1805 – November 8, 1880) was a 19th-century politician, driver, teamster and banker from the U.S. state of Virginia and the second appointed Governor of Washington Territory.
Early life and family
Born ...
, 13th Virginia
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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 ...
, 3rd Arkansas (''resigned to become CS senator November 8, 1864'') — ''session 1''
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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 ...
, 4th Kentucky — ''session 2''
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Nimrod Lindsay Norton
Nimrod Lindsay Norton (April 18, 1830 – September 28, 1903) was a Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
Norton was born in Nicholas County, Kentucky, and later move ...
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 ...
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 ...
Arthur St. Clair Colyar
Arthur St. Clair Colyar (June 23, 1818 – December 13, 1907) was an American lawyer, Confederate States of America, Confederate politician, and newspaper editor.
Early life
Colyar was born on June 23, 1818, in Washington County, Tennessee. ...
Rufus King Garland, Jr.
Rufus King Garland Jr. (May 22, 1830 – December 12, 1886) was a prominent Arkansas politician.
He was born in Tipton County, Tennessee, the older brother of Augustus Hill Garland. He later moved to Arkansas and served in the state legislat ...
William Alexander Graham
William Alexander Graham (September 5, 1804August 11, 1875) was a United States senator from North Carolina from 1840 to 1843, a senator later in the Confederate States Senate from 1864 to 1865, the 30th governor of North Carolina from 1845 t ...
William Parish Chilton, Sr.
William Parish Chilton (August 10, 1810 – January 20, 1871) was an American politician and author who served as a Deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862.
Early life
Called Will Chilton, he ...
, 6th Alabama
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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 ...