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 Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a ...

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 a ...

, 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 ...

Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, ...

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

; 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

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Alexander H. Stephens Alexander Hamilton Stephens (February 11, 1812 – March 4, 1883) was an American politician who served as the vice president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, and later as the 50th governor of Georgia from 1882 until his death in 1 ...

President pro tempore A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase ''pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being". ...

: R. M. T. Hunter

House

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: Thomas S. Bocock

Officers

Senate

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: James H. Nash, South Carolina * Recording Clerk: John W. Anderson, Alabama *

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

House

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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.

Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...

* 3. Robert Jemison, Jr. 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, and ...

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 Osage ...

* 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 ...

X * 3.

Charles Burton Mitchel Charles Burton Mitchel (September 19, 1815 – September 20, 1864) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States senator from Arkansas from February 18, 1862 until his death in 1864. A member of the Democratic Party, he repres ...

X (''died'' September 20, 1864) **

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 Congres ...

(''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, and to ...

* 1. James McNair Baker X * 2.

Augustus Emmet Maxwell Augustus Emmet Maxwell (September 21, 1820 – May 5, 1903) was an American lawyer and politician. Maxwell served in a number of political positions in the State of Florida including as one of Florida's Senators to the Confederate States Cong ...

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 the ...

* 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. pre ...

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 Virginia to ...

* 3.

Henry Cornelius Burnett Henry Cornelius Burnett (October 25, 1825 – October 1, 1866) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States senator from Kentucky from 1862 to 1865. From 1855 to 1861, Burnett served four terms in the United States House of Repre ...

X * 1. William Emmet Simms X

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

* 2.

Thomas Jenkins Semmes Thomas Jenkins Semmes (December 16, 1824 – June 23, 1899) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States Senator from Louisiana from 1862 to 1865. He was once described as "the most distinguished statesman and brilliant law ...

X * 3. Edward Sparrow 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. Miss ...

* 2.

Albert Gallatin Brown Albert Gallatin Brown (May 31, 1813June 12, 1880) was Governor of Mississippi from 1844 to 1848 and a Democratic United States Senator from Mississippi from 1854 to 1861, when he withdrew during secession. Early life He was born to Joseph and ...

X * 1. John William Clark Watson

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 X * 1. (''vacant caused by the inability of the Missouri legislature to meet and elect a senator'') **

George Graham Vest George Graham Vest (December 6, 1830August 9, 1904) was a U.S. politician. Born in Frankfort, Kentucky, he was known for his skills in oration and debate. Vest, a lawyer as well as a politician, served as a Missouri Congressman, a Confederate ...

(''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 and So ...

* 2.

William Theophilus Dortch William Theophilus Dortch (August 23, 1824 – November 21, 1889) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States senator from North Carolina from 1862 to 1865. Early life Dortch was born August 23, 1824 to William Dortch and h ...

X * 1.

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 to ...

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 = ...

* 2.

Robert Woodward Barnwell Robert Woodward Barnwell (August 10, 1801 – November 5, 1882) was an American slave owner, planter, lawyer, and educator from South Carolina who served as a Senator in both the United States Senate and that of the Confederate States of Amer ...

X * 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 186 ...

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 th ...

* 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. X

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. X * 2. Louis Trezevant Wigfall X

* 3. R. M. T. Hunter X * 2.

Allen Taylor Caperton Allen Taylor Caperton (November 21, 1810 – July 26, 1876) was an American politician who was a United States senator from the State of West Virginia in 1875–1876. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He had been in the Virginia House ...

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers. X: reelected Alabama * 1. Thomas Jefferson Foster X * 2. William Russell Smith X * 3. ''Congress refused to seat Representative-elect'' W. R. W. Cobb, ''an avowed Unionist; the district was not represented;'' * 4.

Marcus Henderson Cruikshank Marcus Henderson Cruikshank (December 12, 1826 – October 10, 1881) was a Confederate States of America politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War. Cruikshank was born in Autauga County, Alabama. H ...

* 5.

Francis Strother Lyon Francis Strother Lyon (February 25, 1800 – December 31, 1882) was a prominent Alabama attorney and politician. He served two terms in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War after being an antebellum member of the Unit ...

X * 6. William Parish Chilton, Sr. X * 7.

David Clopton David Clopton (September 29, 1820 – February 5, 1892) was a prominent Alabama politician. Biography Clopton was born in Putnam County, Georgia near Milledgeville, Ga., on September 29, 1820. He attended the county schools and Edenton Academy ...

X * 8.

James L. Pugh James Lawrence Pugh (December 12, 1820March 9, 1907) was a U.S. senator from Alabama, as well as a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War. Biography Pugh was born in Burke County, Georgia, and moved to Alabama in 18 ...

X * 9. James Shelton Dickinson Arkansas * 1.

Felix Ives Batson Felix Ives Batson (September 6, 1819 – March 11, 1871) was a prominent American lawyer and politician from Arkansas. Born in Dickson County, Tennessee, he later moved to Clarksville, Arkansas and established a law practice. He was admitted ...

X * 2. Rufus King Garland, Jr. * 3.

X (''resigned to become CS senator November 8, 1864'') ** David Williamson Carroll (''took his seat on '' January 11, 1865 – ''Elected to fill vacancy on '' October 24, 1864) * 4. Thomas Burton Hanly X Florida * 1. Samuel St. George Rogers * 2.

Robert Benjamin Hilton Robert Benjamin Hilton (' Smith; 1821 – January 10, 1894) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, soldier, and Confederate politician who served in the Congress of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. Biography Hilton was bo ...

X Georgia * 1.

Julian Hartridge Julian Hartridge (September 9, 1829 – January 8, 1879) was an American politician. Early years and education Hartridge was born in Savannah, Georgia on September 9, 1829, where attended Chatham Academy and Montpelier Institute. Hartridge gra ...

X * 2.

William Ephraim Smith William Ephraim Smith (March 14, 1829 – March 11, 1890) was a planter, lawyer, and politician from Georgia. Biography He was born in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. In 1846, he was admitted to the Georgia bar, which required a special ac ...

* 3. Mark Harden Blandford * 4.

Clifford Anderson Clifford Anderson (March 23, 1833 – December 19, 1899) was a prominent Georgia politician, active in the politics of the state of Georgia and the Confederate States of America during its existence. Biography Anderson was born in Nottoway ...

* 5. John Troup Shewmake * 6. Joseph Hubbard Echols * 7.

James Milton Smith James Milton Smith (October 24, 1823November 25, 1890) was a Confederate infantry colonel in the American Civil War, as well as a post-war Governor of Georgia. Early life Smith was born in Twiggs County, Georgia and was educated at the Cullo ...

* 8. George Nelson Lester * 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, near ...

* 10. Warren Akin, Sr. Kentucky * 1.

Willis Benson Machen Willis Benson Machen (April 10, 1810 – September 29, 1893) was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Kentucky. Early life Willis Benson Machen was born the son of Henry Ballenger Machen and Nancy Machen (née Tarrant) on April 10, 1810 in Caldwe ...

X * 2. George Washington Triplett * 3. Henry English Read X * 4. George Washington Ewing X * 5.

James Chrisman James Stone Chrisman (September 14, 1818 – July 29, 1881) was an Antebellum era, antebellum United States Representative from Kentucky and then a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War. Chrisman was born in Monti ...

X * 6.

Theodore Legrand Burnett Theodore Legrand Burnett (November 14, 1829 – October 30, 1917) was an American soldier, attorney, and a prominent politician in the Confederate States of America. Burnett was born in Spencer County, Kentucky. He served in the U.S. Army during ...

X * 7.

Horatio Washington Bruce Horatio Washington Bruce (February 22, 1830 – January 22, 1903) was a Confederate politician during the American Civil War. Early life Horatio Bruce was born February 22, 1830, about one mile south of Vanceburg in Lewis County, Kentucky.L ...

X * 8.

Humphrey Marshall Humphrey Marshall may refer to: *Humphry Marshall (1722–1801), botanist *Humphrey Marshall (general) (1812–1872), Confederate general in the American Civil War *Humphrey Marshall (politician) Humphrey Marshall (1760 – July 3, 1841) wa ...

* 9. Eli Metcalfe Bruce X * 10.

James William Moore James William Moore (February 12, 1818 – September 17, 1877) was an American judge and politician from Montgomery County, Kentucky. He represented Kentucky in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War. Moore was born ...

X * 11. Benjamin Franklin Bradley * 12.

John Milton Elliott John Milton Elliott (May 16, 1820 – March 26, 1879) was an American lawyer and politician from Prestonsburg, Kentucky. He represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives from 1853 until 1857 and served in the First Confederate ...

X Louisiana * 1. Charles Jacques Villeré X * 2.

Charles Magill Conrad Charles Magill Conrad (December 24, 1804 – February 11, 1878) was a Louisiana politician who served in the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, and Confederate Congress. He was Secretary of War under President Millar ...

X * 3.

Duncan Farrar Kenner Duncan Farrar Kenner (February 11, 1813 – July 3, 1887) was an American politician who served as a Deputy from Louisiana to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862. In 1864, he served as the chief diplomat from the ...

X * 4.

Lucius Jacques Dupré Lucius Jacques Dupré (April 18, 1822 – March 5, 1869) was a prominent Confederate politician during the American Civil War. He was born in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, and served as a state court judge in 1853. He was a delegate to the Lo ...

X * 5. Benjamin Lewis Hodge (''died'' August 12, 1864) **

Henry Gray Henry Gray (1827 – 13 June 1861) was a British anatomist and surgery, 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 i ...

(''took his seat on '' December 28, 1864 – ''Elected to fill vacancy'' October 17, 1864) * 6. John Perkins, Jr. X Mississippi * 1. Jehu Amaziah Orr * 2.

William Dunbar Holder William Dunbar Holder (March 6, 1824 – April 26, 1900) was a prominent Confederate States of America, Confederate politician and soldier. Biography Holder was born in Franklin County, Tennessee, Franklin County, Tennessee, but later moved ...

X * 3.

Israel Victor Welch Israel Victor Welch (January 20, 1822 – May 18, 1869) was an American politician and lawyer during the American Civil War. He served as a member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States. Biography Welch was born in St. Stephens, ...

X * 4.

Henry Cousins Chambers Henry Cousins Chambers (July 26, 1823 – May 1, 1871) was a Confederate politician during the American Civil War. He was born in Limestone County, Alabama, the son of Henry H. Chambers. He later moved to Mississippi and served in the state ...

X * 5. Otho Robards Singleton X * 6. Ethelbert Barksdale X * 7. John Tillman Lamkin 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 * 3. John Bullock Clark, Sr. * 4.

Aaron H. Conrow Aaron Hackett Conrow (June 19, 1824 – August 15, 1865) was a Congress of the Confederate States, Confederate Congressman and soldier during the American Civil War. He was murdered by bandits after moving to Mexico after the war's end. Early ...

X * 5.

X (''resigned'' January 12, 1865 ''to become CS senator'') * 6. Peter Singleton Wilkes * 7. Robert Anthony Hatcher North Carolina * 1. William Nathan Harrell Smith X * 2.

Robert Rufus Bridgers Robert Rufus Bridgers (November 28, 1819 – December 10, 1888) was a Confederate politician during the American Civil War. Biography Bridgers was born in Edgecombe County, North Carolina on November 28, 1819. He graduated from the Universi ...

X * 3. James Thomas Leach * 4. Thomas Charles Fuller * 5. Josiah Turner * 6.

John Adams Gilmer John Adams Gilmer (November 4, 1805 – May 4, 1868) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina. Gilmer was born in Guilford County, North Carolina near Greensboro. His parents were Robert Shaw Gilmer and Anne Forbes. He was the br ...

* 7.

James Madison Leach James Madison Leach (January 17, 1815 – June 1, 1891) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina. Leach was born on his family's homestead, "Lansdowne", in Randolph County, North Carolina, January 17, 1815. He attended the common schools ...

(''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 his pa ...

* 9. Burgess Sidney Gaither * 10. George Washington Logan South Carolina * 1. James Hervey Witherspoon, Jr. * 2.

William Porcher Miles William Porcher Miles (July 4, 1822 – May 11, 1899) was an American politician who was among the ardent states' rights advocates, supporters of slavery, and Southern secessionists who came to be known as the "Fire-Eaters." He is notable for h ...

X * 3. Lewis Malone Ayer, Jr. X * 4.

William Dunlap Simpson William Dunlap Simpson (October 27, 1823December 26, 1890) was the 78th governor of South Carolina from February 26, 1879, when the previous governor, Wade Hampton, resigned to take his seat in the U.S. Senate, until 1880. That year Simpson res ...

X * 5. James Farrow X * 6.

William Waters Boyce William Waters Boyce (October 24, 1818 – February 3, 1890) was a slave owner, attorney, South Carolina state politician, and a U.S. Congressman. He was also a prominent Confederate States of America politician during the American Civil W ...

X Tennessee * 1.

Joseph Brown Heiskell Joseph Brown Heiskell (November 5, 1823 – March 7, 1913) was a prominent Tennessee politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War. Biography Heiskell was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, the son of news ...

X * 2.

William Graham Swan William Graham Swan (1821 – April 12, 1869) was an American attorney and politician active primarily in East Tennessee during the mid-19th century. Swan served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War, and served on ...

X * 3. Arthur St. Clair Colyar * 4. John Porry Murray * 5.

Henry Stuart Foote Henry Stuart Foote (February 28, 1804May 19, 1880) was a United States Senator from Mississippi and the chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations from 1847 to 1852. He was a Unionist Governor of Mississippi from 1852 to ...

X (fled to Canada before completing term) * 6. Edwin Augustus Keebel * 7. James McCallum * 8. Thomas Menees X * 9. John DeWitt Clinton Atkins X * 10.

John Vines Wright John Vines Wright (June 28, 1828 – June 12, 1908) was an American secessionist, politician, military officer and judge. He served a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 7th congressional district of Tennessee and in th ...

X * 11. Michael Walsh Cluskey (''Representative-elect David Maney Currin 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 (''Representative-elect

John Allen Wilcox John Allen Wilcox (or John Alexander Wilcox) (April 18, 1819 – February 7, 1864) was a politician from Mississippi and Texas who served in the United States House of Representatives in the early 1850s and then in the Confederate Congress ...

died, on February 7, 1864, before taking his seat. Darden was elected'' August 1864.) * 2. Caleb Claiborne Herbert X * 3. Anthony Martin Branch * 4.

Franklin Barlow Sexton Franklin Barlow Sexton (April 29, 1828 – May 15, 1900) was a politician from Texas who served in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War. Sexton was born in New Harmony, Indiana, in rural Posey County, the only child of Dr. a ...

X * 5. John Robert Baylor * 6. Simpson Harris Morgan Virginia * 1.

Robert Latane Montague Robert Latané Montague (May 23, 1819 – March 2, 1880) was a prominent Virginia lawyer, politician and judge, before and after the American Civil War. He twice won election to the Virginia House of Delegates, and also served during the Vir ...

* 2. Robert Henry Whitfield (''resigned'' March 2, 1865) * 3.

Williams Carter Wickham Williams Carter Wickham (September 21, 1820 – July 23, 1888) was a Virginia lawyer and politician. A plantation owner who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, Wickham also became a delegate to the Virginia Secession Conventi ...

* 4. Thomas Saunders Gholson * 5.

Thomas Stanley Bocock Thomas Salem Bocock (May 18, 1815 – August 5, 1891) was a Confederate politician and lawyer from Virginia. After serving as an Antebellum era, antebellum United States Congressman, he was the speaker of the Congress of the Confederate State ...

X * 6. John Goode, Jr. X * 7.

William Cabell Rives William Cabell Rives (May 4, 1793April 25, 1868) was an American lawyer, planter, politician and diplomat from Virginia. Initially a Jackson Democrat as well as member of the First Families of Virginia, Rives served in the Virginia House of Delega ...

(''resigned'' March 7, 1865) * 8. Daniel Coleman DeJarnette, Sr. X * 9.

David Funsten David Funsten (October 14, 1819 – April 6, 1866) was a Virginia lawyer, slaveholder and politician who served in the Virginia General Assembly and as a Congressman for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Ear ...

X * 10. Frederick William Mackey Holliday * 11.

John Brown Baldwin John Brown Baldwin (January 11, 1820 – September 30, 1873) was a Virginia lawyer and Democratic politician, who served one term in Virginia House of Delegates before the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861, during which he was a Unionist. Dur ...

X * 12.

Waller Redd Staples Waller Redd Staples (February 24, 1826 – August 21, 1897) was a Virginia lawyer, slave-owner and politician who was briefly a member of the Virginia General Assembly before the American Civil War, became a Congressman serving the Confederat ...

X * 13. LaFayette McMullen * 14. Samuel Augustine Miller X * 15. Robert Johnston X * 16. Charles Wells Russell X

Delegates

Non-voting members of the House of Representatives.

Arizona Territory The Territory of Arizona (also known as Arizona Territory) was a territory of the United States that existed from February 24, 1863, until February 14, 1912, when the remaining extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of ...

* Marcus H. MacWillie 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 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, an ...

Nations * Samuel Benton Callahan

Senate committees

Accounts *

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

, North Carolina Claims *

, Kentucky, ''Chairman'' * James McNair Baker, Florida * John William Clark Watson, Mississippi — ''session 2'' * Waldo Porter Johnson, Missouri * William Simpson Oldham, Sr., Texas — ''session 2'' Commerce * William Simpson Oldham, Sr., Texas, ''Chairman'' *

, Alabama * Augustus Emmett Maxwell, Florida *

, North Carolina * Landon Carter Haynes, Sr., Tennessee Engrossment and Enrollment *

, North Carolina, ''Chairman'' * Augustus Emmett Maxwell, Florida *

, Virginia *

, Alabama — ''session 1'' * John William Clark Watson, Mississippi — ''session 1'' **

, Kentucky — ''temporary, session 1'' ** Waldo Porter Johnson, Missouri — ''temporary, sessions 1 and 2'' Finance *

, South Carolina, ''Chairman'' *

, Louisiana * Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Virginia *

, North Carolina * Robert Jemison, Jr., Alabama — ''session 1'' **

, South Carolina — ''temporary, session 2'' ** William Simpson Oldham, Sr., Texas — ''temporary, session 2'' Foreign Relations *

, South Carolina, ''Chairman'' * William Emmett Simms, Kentucky * Waldo Porter Johnson, Missouri * Louis Trezevant Wigfall, Texas *

, Virginia Indian Affairs *

, Arkansas, ''Chairman'' *

, Florida * Waldo Porter Johnson, Missouri * William Simpson Oldham, Sr., Texas *

, Virginia Judiciary *

, Georgia, ''Chairman'' *

, Alabama *

, Louisiana * John William Clark Watson, Mississippi * Landon Carter Haynes, Sr., Tennessee ** William Simpson Oldham, Sr., Texas — ''temporary, session 2'' Military Affairs * Edward Sparrow, Louisiana, ''Chairman'' *

, Arkansas *

, Kentucky * Gustavus Adolphus Henry, Sr., North Carolina * Louis Trezevant Wigfall, Texas **

, Arkansas — ''temporary, session 2'' Naval Affairs *

, Mississippi, ''Chairman'' * James McNair Baker, Florida *

, Georgia * William Emmett Simms, Kentucky *

, North Carolina Patents * Augustus Emmett Maxwell, Florida, ''Chairman'' *

, Georgia * Landon Carter Haynes, Sr., Tennessee Post Offices and Post Roads *

, Arkansas (''died'' September 20, 1864) — ''session 1'' * James McNair Baker, Florida * Landon Carter Haynes, Sr., Tennessee * William Simpson Oldham, Sr., Texas * Robert Jemison, Jr., Alabama — ''session 1'' *

, Arkansas — ''session 2'' **

, Alabama — ''temporary, session 2'' **

, Virginia — ''temporary, session 2'' Printing * John William Clark Watson, Mississippi, ''Chairman'' *

, South Carolina * Landon Carter Haynes, Sr., Tennessee Public Buildings *

, Alabama * James McNair Baker, Florida * William Emmett Simms, Kentucky Public Lands * James McNair Baker, Florida, ''Chairman'' *

, Arkansas * Gustavus Adolphus Henry, Sr., North Carolina Rules *

, South Carolina, ''Chairman'' *

, Arkansas *

, Louisiana Territories * Louis Trezevant Wigfall, Texas, ''Chairman'' *

, Arkansas (''died'' September 20, 1864) — ''session 1'' *

, South Carolina

House committees

Accounts * John Troup Shewmake, 5th Georgia *

, 3rd Mississippi * James Farrow, 5th South Carolina * James McCallum, 7th Tennessee * Robert Johnston, 15th Virginia Claims * James Shelton Dickinson, 9th Alabama * Warren Akin, Sr., 10th Georgia * George Washington Triplett, 2nd Kentucky *

, 3rd Mississippi * William Nathan Harrell Smith, 1st North Carolina * James Farrow, 5th South Carolina *

, 1st Tennessee * Frederick William Mackey Holliday, 10th Virginia * George Washington Ewing, 4th Kentucky — ''session 2'' * Nimrod Lindsay Norton, 2nd Missouri — ''session 2'' * Caleb Claiborne Herbert, 2nd Texas — ''session 2'' Commerce * James Shelton Dickinson, 9th Alabama *

, 1st Georgia *

, 6th Kentucky * John Perkins, Jr., 6th Louisiana * John Tillman Lamkin, 7th Mississippi * Thomas Charles Fuller, 4th North Carolina * James Farrow, 5th South Carolina * John DeWitt Clinton Atkins, 9th Tennessee * John Goode, Jr., 6th Virginia * Lewis Malone Ayer, Jr., 3rd South Carolina — ''session 2'' * David Williamson Carroll, 3rd Arkansas — ''session 2'' * Caleb Claiborne Herbert, 2nd Texas — ''session 2'' Elections *

, 2nd Florida *

, 9th Georgia *

, 5th Kentucky *

, 2nd Mississippi *

, 6th North Carolina *

, 4th South Carolina *

, 1st Tennessee * Anthony Martin Branch, 3rd Texas * Samuel Augustine Miller, 14th Virginia * John Bullock Clark, Sr., 3rd Missouri — ''session 2'' Enrolled Bills *

, 4th Alabama * Samuel St. George Rogers, 1st Florida * Thomas Charles Fuller, 4th North Carolina * Robert Anthony Hatcher, 7th Missouri — ''temporary, session'' 2 Flag and Seal * William Parish Chilton, Sr., 6th Alabama *

, 4th Mississippi *

, 7th Virginia (''resigned'' March 7, 1865) *

, 9th Virginia — ''temporary, session 2'' Foreign Affairs *

, 5th Tennessee, ''Chairman'' (''fled to Canada before completing term'') * William Russell Smith, 2nd Alabama *

, 7th Kentucky * John Perkins, Jr., 6th Louisiana * Jehu Amaziah Orr, 1st Mississippi * Josiah Turner, 5th North Carolina * James Hervey Witherspoon, Jr., 1st South Carolina * Daniel Coleman DeJarnette, Sr., 8th Virginia *

, 7th Virginia (''resigned'' March 7, 1865) * John DeWitt Clinton Atkins, 9th Tennessee — ''session 2'' * Thomas Lowndes Snead, 1st Missouri — ''session 2'' Indian Affairs * Otho Robards Singleton, 5th Mississippi, ''Chairman — session 1'' * Thomas Jefferson Foster, 1st Alabama * Thomas Burton Hanly, 4th Arkansas * Samuel St. George Rogers, 1st Florida * Joseph Hubbard Echols, 6th Georgia *

, 5th Kentucky * Josiah Turner, 5th North Carolina * John Porry Murray, 4th Tennessee * Samuel Augustine Miller, 14th Virginia *

, Cherokee Nation * John Robert Baylor, 5th Texas — ''session'' 2 * Peter Singleton Wilkes, 6th Missouri — ''session'' 2 *

, 12th Kentucky — ''session'' 2 Judiciary * William Parish Chilton, Sr., 6th Alabama * Mark Harden Blandford, 3rd Georgia *

, 10th Kentucky *

, 4th Louisiana * Burgess Sidney Gaither, 9th North Carolina * Edwin Augustus Keebel, 6th Tennessee * Thomas Saunders Gholson, 4th Virginia * Charles Wells Russell, 16th Virginia *

, 3rd Arkansas (''resigned to become CS senator November 8, 1864'') — ''session 1'' * Simpson Harris Morgan, 6th Texas (''died'' December 15, 1864) — ''session 2'' *

, 1st Arkansas — ''session 2'' *

, 5th Louisiana — ''session 2'' *

, 5th Missouri — ''session 2'' Medical Department *

, 7th Alabama * Joseph Hubbard Echols, 6th Georgia * Henry English Read, 3rd Kentucky *

, 2nd Mississippi *

, 8th North Carolina * James Farrow, 5th South Carolina * James McCallum, 7th Tennessee * Thomas Menees, 8th Tennessee * Daniel Coleman DeJarnette, Sr., 8th Virginia Military Affairs *

, 2nd South Carolina, ''Chairman'' *

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, 8th Alabama * Thomas Burton Hanly, 4th Arkansas *

, 2nd Florida *

, 7th Georgia *

, 8th Kentucky * Charles Jacques Villeré, 1st Louisiana *

, 4th Mississippi *

, 2nd North Carolina *

, 2nd Tennessee * Anthony Martin Branch, 3rd Texas *

, 12th Virginia * John Bullock Clark, Sr., 3rd Missouri — ''session 2'' *

, 3rd Virginia — ''session 2'' Naval Affairs *

, 7th Alabama, ''Chairman'' * Samuel St. George Rogers, 1st Florida * John Troup Shewmake, 5th Georgia *

, 2nd Mississippi *

, 8th North Carolina *

, 6th South Carolina *

, 10th Tennessee *

, 9th Virginia * Robert Henry Whitfield, 2nd Virginia (''resigned'' March 2, 1865) * Michael Walsh Cluskey, 11th Tennessee — ''session 2'' * Stephen Heard Darden, 1st Texas — ''session 2'' Ordnance and Ordnance Stores *

, 4th Alabama *

, 2nd Georgia * Benjamin Franklin Bradley, 11th Kentucky * Ethelbert Barksdale, 6th Mississippi * George Washington Logan, 10th North Carolina * James Hervey Witherspoon, Jr., 1st South Carolina * John Porry Murray, 4th Tennessee * John DeWitt Clinton Atkins, 9th Tennessee * Robert Latané Montague, 1st Virginia * Robert Anthony Hatcher, 7th Missouri — ''session 2'' * Lewis Malone Ayer, Jr., 3rd South Carolina — ''session 2'' Patents * William Parish Chilton, Sr., 6th Alabama, ''Chairman'' *

, 9th Georgia *

, 7th Kentucky * John Tillman Lamkin, 7th Mississippi * Thomas Charles Fuller, 4th North Carolina *

, 1st Tennessee * Robert Henry Whitfield, 2nd Virginia (''resigned'' March 2, 1865) * John Robert Baylor, 5th Texas — ''session 2'' Pay and Mileage *

, 6th Kentucky, ''Chairman'' * Thomas Burton Hanly, 4th Arkansas * Joseph Hubbard Echols, 6th Georgia ** Mark Harden Blandford, 3rd Georgia — ''temporary, session 2'' Post Offices and Post Roads * Thomas Jefferson Foster, 1st Alabama *

, 9th Georgia * Benjamin Franklin Bradley, 11th Kentucky * John Tillman Lamkin, 7th Mississippi * James Thomas Leach, 3rd North Carolina * James Hervey Witherspoon, Jr., 1st South Carolina * James McCallum, 7th Tennessee *

, 4th Texas * LaFayette McMullen, 13th Virginia *

, 12th Kentucky — ''session 2'' * Peter Singleton Wilkes, 6th Missouri — ''session 2'' Printing *

, 4th Louisiana, ''Chairman'' *

, 4th Alabama * George Washington Logan, 10th North Carolina *

, 2nd Tennessee * John Goode, Jr., 6th Virginia Public Buildings *

, 8th Alabama, ''Chairman'' *

, 2nd Louisiana * LaFayette McMullen, 13th Virginia *

, 2nd Mississippi — ''session 2'' *

, 4th Missouri — ''session 2'' Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation * George Nelson Lester, 8th Georgia *

, 1st Kentucky * Henry English Read, 3rd Kentucky * Jehu Amaziah Orr, 1st Mississippi *

, 7th North Carolina (''elected'' April 21, 1864) *

, 4th South Carolina *

, 5th Tennessee (fled to Canada before completing term) * Frederick William Mackey Holliday, 10th Virginia * Robert Johnston, 15th Virginia *

, 4th Missouri — ''session 2'' Rules and Officers of the House * William Parish Chilton, Sr., 6th Alabama * George Nelson Lester, 8th Georgia * John Perkins, Jr., 6th Louisiana * William Nathan Harrell Smith, 1st North Carolina * Robert Latané Montague, 1st Virginia Territories and Public Lands * Thomas Jefferson Foster, 1st Alabama *

, 2nd Florida *

, 2nd Georgia *

, 5th Kentucky * James Thomas Leach, 3rd North Carolina * Thomas Menees, 8th Tennessee * Anthony Martin Branch, 3rd Texas * LaFayette McMullen, 13th Virginia *

, 3rd Arkansas (''resigned to become CS senator November 8, 1864'') — ''session 1'' * George Washington Ewing, 4th Kentucky — ''session 2'' * Nimrod Lindsay Norton, 2nd Missouri — ''session 2'' Ways and Means *

, 5th Alabama, ''Chairman'' *

, 4th Georgia * Eli Metcalfe Bruce, 9th Kentucky *

, 2nd Louisiana * Ethelbert Barksdale, 6th Mississippi *

, 6th North Carolina * Arthur St. Clair Colyar, 3rd Tennessee *

, 4th Texas *

, 11th Virginia *

, 3rd Louisiana — ''session 2'' * Rufus King Garland, Jr., 2nd Arkansas — ''session 2''

Joint committees

Impressments (Session 1) * Senators ** John William Clark Watson, Mississippi **

, North Carolina **

, South Carolina *Representatives ** William Parish Chilton, Sr., 6th Alabama ** Thomas Burton Hanly, 4th Arkansas **

, 1st Georgia **

, 4th Mississippi **

, 11th Virginia

Notes

References

* ''The Historical Atlas of the Congresses of the Confederate States of America: 1861–1865'', by Kenneth C. Martis (Simon and Schuster 1994) {{Authority control 1864 establishments in Virginia Military units and formations established in 1864 1865 disestablishments in Virginia