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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
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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: 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 * Sergeant-at-Arms: 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" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County , LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham , area_total_km2 = 135,765 ...
* 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, an ...
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 O ...
* 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 ...
X
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 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 Virginia ...
* 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 Repr ...
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 state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
* 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 ...
* 2. William Theophilus Dortch 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 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 th ...
* 3. Landon Carter Haynes X * 2. Gustavus Adolphus Henry, Sr. X
Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
* 3. William Simpson Oldham, Sr. X * 2. Louis Trezevant Wigfall X
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 ...
* 3. R. M. T. Hunter X * 2. Allen Taylor Caperton X


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 * 5. Francis Strother Lyon X * 6. William Parish Chilton, Sr. X * 7. David Clopton X * 8. James L. Pugh X * 9. James Shelton Dickinson Arkansas * 1. Felix Ives Batson X * 2. Rufus King Garland, Jr. * 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 Congres ...
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 X Georgia * 1. Julian Hartridge X * 2. William Ephraim Smith * 3. Mark Harden Blandford * 4. Clifford Anderson * 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 * 10. Warren Akin, Sr. Kentucky * 1. Willis Benson Machen X * 2. George Washington Triplett * 3. Henry English Read X * 4. George Washington Ewing X * 5. James Chrisman X * 6. Theodore Legrand Burnett X * 7. Horatio Washington Bruce 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 X * 11. Benjamin Franklin Bradley * 12. John Milton Elliott X Louisiana * 1. Charles Jacques Villeré X * 2. Charles Magill Conrad X * 3. Duncan Farrar Kenner X * 4. Lucius Jacques Dupré X * 5. Benjamin Lewis Hodge (''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. X Mississippi * 1. Jehu Amaziah Orr * 2. William Dunbar Holder X * 3. Israel Victor Welch 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 X * 5.
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 ...
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 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 United States House of Representatives, Congressional Representative from North Carolina. Gilmer was born in Guilford County, North Carolina near Greensboro, North Carolina, Greensboro. ...
* 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 * 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 re ...
X * 5. James Farrow X * 6. William Waters Boyce X Tennessee * 1. Joseph Brown Heiskell 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 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 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 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 * 4. Thomas Saunders Gholson * 5. Thomas Stanley Bocock 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 Deleg ...
(''resigned'' March 7, 1865) * 8. Daniel Coleman DeJarnette, Sr. X * 9. David Funsten 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 The Virginia General Assembly is the legislative body of the Commonw ...
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 * Marcus H. MacWillie X Cherokee Nation * Elias Cornelius Boudinot 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, ...
Nations * Samuel Benton Callahan


Senate committees

Accounts * Allen Taylor Caperton, Virginia, ''Chairman'' * William Emmett Simms, Kentucky * William Theophilus Dortch, North Carolina Claims *
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 Repr ...
, 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'' *
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, an ...
, Alabama * Augustus Emmett Maxwell, Florida * William Theophilus Dortch, North Carolina * Landon Carter Haynes, Sr., Tennessee Engrossment and Enrollment * William Theophilus Dortch, North Carolina, ''Chairman'' * Augustus Emmett Maxwell, Florida * Allen Taylor Caperton, Virginia *
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, an ...
, Alabama — ''session 1'' * John William Clark Watson, Mississippi — ''session 1'' **
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 Repr ...
, Kentucky — ''temporary, session 1'' ** Waldo Porter Johnson, Missouri — ''temporary, sessions 1 and 2'' Finance *
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 ...
, South Carolina, ''Chairman'' *
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 ...
, Louisiana * Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, 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 to ...
, North Carolina * Robert Jemison, Jr., Alabama — ''session 1'' ** James Lawrence Orr, South Carolina — ''temporary, session 2'' ** William Simpson Oldham, Sr., Texas — ''temporary, session 2'' Foreign Relations * James Lawrence Orr, South Carolina, ''Chairman'' * William Emmett Simms, Kentucky * Waldo Porter Johnson, Missouri * Louis Trezevant Wigfall, Texas * Allen Taylor Caperton, Virginia Indian Affairs *
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, ''Chairman'' *
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 ...
, Florida * Waldo Porter Johnson, Missouri * William Simpson Oldham, Sr., Texas * Allen Taylor Caperton, Virginia Judiciary * Benjamin Harvey Hill, 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, an ...
, Alabama *
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 ...
, 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'' *
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 *
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 Repr ...
, Kentucky * Gustavus Adolphus Henry, Sr., North Carolina * Louis Trezevant Wigfall, Texas **
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 ...
, Arkansas — ''temporary, session 2'' Naval Affairs *
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 ...
, Mississippi, ''Chairman'' * James McNair Baker, 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 ...
, Georgia * William Emmett Simms, Kentucky *
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 ...
, North Carolina Patents * Augustus Emmett Maxwell, Florida, ''Chairman'' * Benjamin Harvey Hill, Georgia * Landon Carter Haynes, Sr., Tennessee Post Offices and Post Roads *
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 ...
, 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'' *
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 ...
, 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, an ...
, Alabama — ''temporary, session 2'' ** Allen Taylor Caperton, Virginia — ''temporary, session 2'' Printing * John William Clark Watson, Mississippi, ''Chairman'' * James Lawrence Orr, South Carolina * Landon Carter Haynes, Sr., 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, an ...
, Alabama * James McNair Baker, Florida * William Emmett Simms, Kentucky Public Lands * James McNair Baker, 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., North Carolina Rules * James Lawrence Orr, 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 ...
, Arkansas *
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 ...
, Louisiana Territories * Louis Trezevant Wigfall, Texas, ''Chairman'' *
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 ...
, Arkansas (''died'' September 20, 1864) — ''session 1'' *
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 ...
, South Carolina


House committees

Accounts * John Troup Shewmake, 5th Georgia * Israel Victor Welch, 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 * Israel Victor Welch, 3rd Mississippi * William Nathan Harrell Smith, 1st North Carolina * James Farrow, 5th South Carolina * Joseph Brown Heiskell, 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 * Julian Hartridge, 1st Georgia * Theodore Legrand Burnett, 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 * Robert Benjamin Hilton, 2nd Florida * Hiram Parks Bell, 9th Georgia * James Chrisman, 5th Kentucky * William Dunbar Holder, 2nd Mississippi *
John Adams Gilmer John Adams Gilmer (November 4, 1805 – May 4, 1868) was a United States House of Representatives, Congressional Representative from North Carolina. Gilmer was born in Guilford County, North Carolina near Greensboro, North Carolina, Greensboro. ...
, 6th North Carolina *
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 re ...
, 4th South Carolina * Joseph Brown Heiskell, 1st Tennessee * Anthony Martin Branch, 3rd Texas * Samuel Augustine Miller, 14th Virginia * John Bullock Clark, Sr., 3rd Missouri — ''session 2'' Enrolled Bills * Marcus Henderson Cruikshank, 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 *
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 ...
, 4th Mississippi *
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 Deleg ...
, 7th Virginia (''resigned'' March 7, 1865) * David Funsten, 9th Virginia — ''temporary, session 2'' Foreign Affairs *
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 ...
, 5th Tennessee, ''Chairman'' (''fled to Canada before completing term'') * William Russell Smith, 2nd Alabama * Horatio Washington Bruce, 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 *
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 Deleg ...
, 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 * James Chrisman, 5th Kentucky * Josiah Turner, 5th North Carolina * John Porry Murray, 4th Tennessee * Samuel Augustine Miller, 14th Virginia * Elias Cornelius Boudinot, Cherokee Nation * John Robert Baylor, 5th Texas — ''session'' 2 * Peter Singleton Wilkes, 6th Missouri — ''session'' 2 * John Milton Elliott, 12th Kentucky — ''session'' 2 Judiciary * William Parish Chilton, Sr., 6th Alabama * Mark Harden Blandford, 3rd Georgia * James William Moore, 10th Kentucky * Lucius Jacques Dupré, 4th Louisiana * Burgess Sidney Gaither, 9th North Carolina * Edwin Augustus Keebel, 6th Tennessee * Thomas Saunders Gholson, 4th Virginia * Charles Wells Russell, 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 Congres ...
, 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 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 ...
, 5th Missouri — ''session 2'' Medical Department * David Clopton, 7th Alabama * Joseph Hubbard Echols, 6th Georgia * Henry English Read, 3rd Kentucky * William Dunbar Holder, 2nd Mississippi * James Graham Ramsay, 8th North Carolina * James Farrow, 5th South Carolina * James McCallum, 7th Tennessee * Thomas Menees, 8th Tennessee * Daniel Coleman DeJarnette, Sr., 8th Virginia Military Affairs *
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 ...
, 2nd South Carolina, ''Chairman'' * James Lawrence Pugh, 8th Alabama * Thomas Burton Hanly, 4th Arkansas * Robert Benjamin Hilton, 2nd Florida *
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 ...
, 7th Georgia *
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 ...
, 8th Kentucky * Charles Jacques Villeré, 1st Louisiana *
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 ...
, 4th Mississippi * Robert Rufus Bridgers, 2nd North Carolina *
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 ...
, 2nd Tennessee * Anthony Martin Branch, 3rd Texas *
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 The Virginia General Assembly is the legislative body of the Commonw ...
, 12th Virginia * John Bullock Clark, Sr., 3rd Missouri — ''session 2'' * Williams Carter Wickham, 3rd Virginia — ''session 2'' Naval Affairs * David Clopton, 7th Alabama, ''Chairman'' * Samuel St. George Rogers, 1st Florida * John Troup Shewmake, 5th Georgia * William Dunbar Holder, 2nd Mississippi * James Graham Ramsay, 8th North Carolina * William Waters Boyce, 6th South Carolina * John Vines Wright, 10th Tennessee * David Funsten, 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 * Marcus Henderson Cruikshank, 4th Alabama * William Ephraim Smith, 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'' * Hiram Parks Bell, 9th Georgia * Horatio Washington Bruce, 7th Kentucky * John Tillman Lamkin, 7th Mississippi * Thomas Charles Fuller, 4th North Carolina * Joseph Brown Heiskell, 1st Tennessee * Robert Henry Whitfield, 2nd Virginia (''resigned'' March 2, 1865) * John Robert Baylor, 5th Texas — ''session 2'' Pay and Mileage * Theodore Legrand Burnett, 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 * Hiram Parks Bell, 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 * Franklin Barlow Sexton, 4th Texas * LaFayette McMullen, 13th Virginia * John Milton Elliott, 12th Kentucky — ''session 2'' * Peter Singleton Wilkes, 6th Missouri — ''session 2'' Printing * Lucius Jacques Dupré, 4th Louisiana, ''Chairman'' * Marcus Henderson Cruikshank, 4th Alabama * George Washington Logan, 10th North Carolina *
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 ...
, 2nd Tennessee * John Goode, Jr., 6th Virginia Public Buildings * James Lawrence Pugh, 8th Alabama, ''Chairman'' * Charles Magill Conrad, 2nd Louisiana * LaFayette McMullen, 13th Virginia * William Dunbar Holder, 2nd Mississippi — ''session 2'' * Aaron H. Conrow, 4th Missouri — ''session 2'' Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation * George Nelson Lester, 8th Georgia * Willis Benson Machen, 1st Kentucky * Henry English Read, 3rd Kentucky * Jehu Amaziah Orr, 1st Mississippi *
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 ...
, 7th North Carolina (''elected'' April 21, 1864) *
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 re ...
, 4th South Carolina *
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 ...
, 5th Tennessee (fled to Canada before completing term) * Frederick William Mackey Holliday, 10th Virginia * Robert Johnston, 15th Virginia * Aaron H. Conrow, 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 * Robert Benjamin Hilton, 2nd Florida * William Ephraim Smith, 2nd Georgia * James Chrisman, 5th Kentucky * James Thomas Leach, 3rd North Carolina * Thomas Menees, 8th Tennessee * Anthony Martin Branch, 3rd Texas * LaFayette McMullen, 13th 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 Congres ...
, 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 * Francis Strother Lyon, 5th Alabama, ''Chairman'' * Clifford Anderson, 4th Georgia * Eli Metcalfe Bruce, 9th Kentucky * Charles Magill Conrad, 2nd Louisiana * Ethelbert Barksdale, 6th Mississippi *
John Adams Gilmer John Adams Gilmer (November 4, 1805 – May 4, 1868) was a United States House of Representatives, Congressional Representative from North Carolina. Gilmer was born in Guilford County, North Carolina near Greensboro, North Carolina, Greensboro. ...
, 6th North Carolina * Arthur St. Clair Colyar, 3rd Tennessee * Franklin Barlow Sexton, 4th Texas *
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 ...
, 11th Virginia * Duncan Farrar Kenner, 3rd Louisiana — ''session 2'' * Rufus King Garland, Jr., 2nd Arkansas — ''session 2''


Joint committees

Impressments (Session 1) * Senators ** John William Clark Watson, Mississippi **
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 ...
, North Carolina **
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 ...
, South Carolina *Representatives ** William Parish Chilton, Sr., 6th Alabama ** Thomas Burton Hanly, 4th Arkansas ** Julian Hartridge, 1st Georgia **
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 ...
, 4th Mississippi **
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 ...
, 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