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2nd Confederate States Congress
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, at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia; 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: Alexander H. Stephens * President pro tempore: R. M. T. Hunter Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seal Of The Confederate States
The Seal of the Confederate States was used to authenticate certain documents issued by the federal government of the Confederate States of America. The phrase is used both for the physical Seal (emblem), seal itself (which was kept by the Confederate States Secretary of State, Confederate Secretary of State), and more generally for the design impressed upon it. On May 20, 1863, C.S. Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin instructed James M. Mason, James Mason to arrange for its manufacture in London. The seal was first used publicly in 1864. Design The Seal of the Confederate States prominently features the Virginia Washington Monument, Statue of Washington in the capitol square at Richmond, Virginia, Richmond. In the seal, George Washington is surrounded with a wreath made of some of the main agricultural products of the Confederacy: wheat, Maize, corn, tobacco, cotton, rice, and sugarcane, sugar cane. The top margin features the words 'The Confederate States of America: 22 Feb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1863 Confederate States House Of Representatives Elections
Elections to the Confederate States Congress were held from May to November 1863, during what was intended to be the first of two midterms within President Jefferson Davis' six-year term. The number of members in the House of Representatives who openly opposed the policies of President Davis increased from 26 to 41 out of 106, while the number of anti-administration Senators went from 11 to 12. The pro-administration Senators thus had a narrow majority of two with 14 out of the 26 seats in the Confederate Senate. The 2nd Confederate States Congress would be seated on May 2, 1864. General election The Confederate government did not have formal parties, and candidates ran individual campaigns. Nonetheless, some voters cast their ballots according to past party affiliations such as Democrat or Whig. The lack of parties was popularly believed to be a source of strength, however historians believe that the lack of such organizations prevented Davis from distributing patronage or c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustus Hill Garland
Augustus Hill Garland (June 11, 1832 – January 26, 1899) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Arkansas, who initially opposed Arkansas' secession from the United States, but served in both houses of the Congress of the Confederate States and the United States Senate before becoming the 11th governor of Arkansas (1874–1877) and the 38th Attorney General of the United States (1885–1889). Early life Garland was born in Covington, Tennessee on June 11, 1832, to Rufus and Barbara () Garland. In 1830 his father owned 13 slaves, and owned a store. Following a drunken fight in which Rufus stabbed a man, the family moved to Lost Prairie in Lafayette County, Arkansas along the Red River when Augustus was one. Later that year, Rufus died, forcing Barbara and Augustus to relocate to Spring Hill, Arkansas, where she met Thomas Hubbard. In 1836, Barbara married Hubbard, a local lawyer, judge, and political candidate who owned five slaves in the 1850 cens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Burton Mitchel
Charles Burton Mitchel (September 19, 1815 – September 20, 1864) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from March to June 1861 as well as a Confederate States senator from Arkansas from February 18, 1862 until his death in 1864. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Biography Mitchel was born on September 19, 1815, in Gallatin, Tennessee. He graduated from the University of Nashville in 1833, and from the Jefferson Medical College in 1836. He then moved to Washington, Arkansas, and practiced medicine for 25 years. He owned slaves. He was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1848; receiver of public monies from 1853 to 1856; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1860 to the 37th United States Congress. Mitchel was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate, and served from March 4, 1861, until July 11, 1861, when he was expelled for support of the Confederacy. He was then elected to the Confederate States Senate at the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862. Early life and education Robert Ward Johnson was born on July 22, 1814, in Scott County, Kentucky, to Benjamin and Matilda ( Williams) Johnson."Robert Ward Johnson (1814-1879)" ''Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture'', accessed 12 November 2013 His father had three brothers who were elected as U.S. Congressmen and the family was politically prominent in the state. His grandfather had acquired thousands of acres of land in the area at the end of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma to the west. Its name derives from the Osage language, and refers to their relatives, the Quapaw people. The state's diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains, which make up the U.S. Interior Highlands, to the densely forested land in the south known as the Arkansas Timberlands, to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River and the Arkansas Delta. Previously part of French Louisiana and the Louisiana Purchase, the Territory of Arkansas was admitted to the Union as the 25th state on June 15, 1836. Much of the Delta had been developed for cotton plantations, and landowners there largely depended on enslaved African Americans' labor. In 1861, Arkansas seceded from the United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 father of Richard Wilde Walker, Jr. Richard Walker, Sr. served in the Alabama state legislature from 1851 to 1855, and served as Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in 1859. Walker represented Alabama in the provisional C.S. Congress from 1861 to 1862. He also served as a Confederate States Senator from 1864 to 1865. he died in Huntsville at age 51. In popular culture In the 1992 Harry Turtledove science fiction-alternative history novel '' The Guns of the South'', "Senator Walker" is mentioned as opposing a bill to re-enslave freedmen A freedman or freedwoman is a person who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means. Historically, slaves were freed by manumission (granted freedom by their owners), emancipati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Jemison Jr
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alabama
Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 30th largest by area, and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 24th-most populous of the List of states and territories of the United States, 50 U.S. states. Alabama is nicknamed the ''Northern flicker, Yellowhammer State'', after the List of U.S. state birds, state bird. Alabama is also known as the "Heart of Dixie" and the "Cotton State". The state has diverse geography, with the north dominated by the mountainous Tennessee Valley and the south by Mobile Bay, a historically significant port. Alabama's capital is Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery, and its largest city by population and area is Huntsville, Ala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doorkeeper Of The United States House Of Representatives
An appointed officer of the United States House of Representatives from 1789 until 1995, the doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives was chosen by a resolution at the opening of each United States Congress. The Office of the Doorkeeper was based on precedent from the Continental Congresses. Without debate, the first federal Congress created the doorkeeper's position by resolution on April 2, 1789. The doorkeeper controlled access to the House chamber and eventually oversaw the press in the gallery. The doorkeeper's most visible job was introducing American presidents and foreign dignitaries to Congress. For 18 years, before the State of the Union address, Doorkeeper James T. Molloy announced, "Mister Speaker, the president of the United States." The Office of the Doorkeeper was abolished during the 104th Congress () in an effort to save money. Thirty-three doorkeepers served until the position was abolished and the office's duties were divided among the ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clerk Of The United States House Of Representatives
The clerk of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the United States House of Representatives, whose primary duty is to act as the chief record-keeper for the House. Along with the other House officers, the clerk is elected every two years when the House organizes for a new United States Congress, Congress. The majority and minority Congressional caucus, caucuses nominate candidates for the House officer positions after the election of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, speaker. The full House adopts a resolution (law), resolution to elect the officers, who will begin serving after they have taken the oath of office. The Article One of the United States Constitution#Clause 5: Speaker and other officers; Impeachment, House Officers and Impeachment Clause of Article I, Section II states "The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers". The Article Six of the United States Constitution#Oaths, Oath or Affirmati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doorkeeper And Sergeant At Arms Of The Senate
A doorman, also known as doorkeeper, is someone who is posted at, and often guards, a door, or by extension another entrance (specific similar terms exist, e.g. gatekeeper, hall porter). Specific uses include: Professions * Doorman (profession), hired to provide courtesy and security services at a residential building or hotel * Bouncer, a person employed by a nightclub or similar establishment to prevent troublemakers from entering or to eject them from the premises * Usher (occupation), often ceremonial * Ostiarius, ecclesiastical minor order * Doorkeeper (Houses of Parliament), badged officer of the United Kingdom Houses of Parliament * Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives Books * ''The Doorman'' (''El Portero''), a novel by Reinaldo Arenas * Doorman (character), a Marvel Comics fictional superhero Film and TV * "The Doorman" (''Seinfeld''), a 1995 episode of the American TV series * ''The Doorman'' (1950 film), a 1950 film starring Cantinflas * ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
