The2nd 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 ofJefferson Davis 'spresidency , at theVirginia State Capitol inRichmond ,Virginia ;[ 1] 1863 congressional elections .
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 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.[ 2] Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
2.Waldo Porter Johnson X 1. (vacant caused by the inability of the Missouri legislature to meet and elect a senator ) North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
House of Representatives [ edit ] The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
X : reelected
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
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.[ 6] North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Non-voting members of the House of Representatives.
Arizona Territory
Cherokee Nation
Creek andSeminole Nations
Accounts [ 9]
Claims
Commerce
Engrossment and Enrollment
Finance
Foreign Relations
Indian Affairs
Judiciary
Military Affairs
Naval Affairs
Patents
Post Offices and Post Roads
Printing
Public Buildings
Public Lands
Rules
Territories
Accounts [ 9]
Claims
James Shelton Dickinson , 9th AlabamaWarren Akin Sr. , 10th GeorgiaGeorge Washington Triplett , 2nd KentuckyIsrael Victor Welch , 3rd MississippiWilliam N. H. Smith , 1st North CarolinaJames Farrow , 5th South CarolinaJoseph Brown Heiskell , 1st TennesseeFrederick William Mackey Holliday , 10th VirginiaGeorge 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 AlabamaJulian Hartridge , 1st GeorgiaTheodore Legrand Burnett , 6th KentuckyJohn Perkins Jr. , 6th LouisianaJohn Tillman Lamkin , 7th MississippiThomas Charles Fuller , 4th North CarolinaJames Farrow , 5th South CarolinaJohn DeWitt Clinton Atkins , 9th TennesseeJohn Goode Jr. , 6th VirginiaLewis 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 FloridaHiram Parks Bell , 9th GeorgiaJames Chrisman , 5th KentuckyWilliam Dunbar Holder , 2nd MississippiJohn Adams Gilmer , 6th North CarolinaWilliam Dunlap Simpson , 4th South CarolinaJoseph Brown Heiskell , 1st TennesseeAnthony Martin Branch , 3rd TexasSamuel Augustine Miller , 14th VirginiaJohn Bullock Clark Sr. , 3rd Missouri —session 2 Enrolled Bills
Flag and Seal
Foreign Affairs
Henry Stuart Foote , 5th Tennessee,Chairman (fled to Canada before completing term )William Russell Smith , 2nd AlabamaHoratio Washington Bruce , 7th KentuckyJohn Perkins Jr. , 6th LouisianaJehu Amaziah Orr , 1st MississippiJosiah Turner , 5th North CarolinaJames Hervey Witherspoon Jr. , 1st South CarolinaDaniel Coleman DeJarnette Sr. , 8th VirginiaWilliam Cabell Rives , 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 AlabamaThomas Burton Hanly , 4th ArkansasSamuel St. George Rogers , 1st FloridaJoseph Hubbard Echols , 6th GeorgiaJames Chrisman , 5th KentuckyJosiah Turner , 5th North CarolinaJohn Porry Murray , 4th TennesseeSamuel Augustine Miller , 14th VirginiaElias Cornelius Boudinot , Cherokee NationJohn Robert Baylor , 5th Texas —session 2Peter Singleton Wilkes , 6th Missouri —session 2John Milton Elliott , 12th Kentucky —session 2Judiciary
William Parish Chilton Sr. , 6th AlabamaMark Harden Blandford , 3rd GeorgiaJames William Moore , 10th KentuckyLucius Jacques Dupré , 4th LouisianaBurgess Sidney Gaither , 9th North CarolinaEdwin Augustus Keebel , 6th TennesseeThomas Saunders Gholson , 4th VirginiaCharles Wells Russell , 16th VirginiaAugustus Hill Garland , 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 , 5th Louisiana —session 2 George Graham Vest , 5th Missouri —session 2 Medical Department
Military Affairs
William Porcher Miles , 2nd South Carolina,Chairman James Lawrence Pugh , 8th AlabamaThomas Burton Hanly , 4th ArkansasRobert Benjamin Hilton , 2nd FloridaJames Milton Smith , 7th GeorgiaHumphrey Marshall , 8th KentuckyCharles Jacques Villeré , 1st LouisianaHenry Cousins Chambers , 4th MississippiRobert Rufus Bridgers , 2nd North CarolinaWilliam Graham Swan , 2nd TennesseeAnthony Martin Branch , 3rd TexasWaller Redd Staples , 12th VirginiaJohn 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 FloridaJohn Troup Shewmake , 5th GeorgiaWilliam Dunbar Holder , 2nd MississippiJames Graham Ramsay , 8th North CarolinaWilliam Waters Boyce , 6th South CarolinaJohn Vines Wright , 10th TennesseeDavid Funsten , 9th VirginiaRobert 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 AlabamaWilliam Ephraim Smith , 2nd GeorgiaBenjamin Franklin Bradley , 11th KentuckyEthelbert Barksdale , 6th MississippiGeorge Washington Logan , 10th North CarolinaJames Hervey Witherspoon Jr. , 1st South CarolinaJohn Porry Murray , 4th TennesseeJohn DeWitt Clinton Atkins , 9th TennesseeRobert Latané Montague , 1st VirginiaRobert 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 GeorgiaHoratio Washington Bruce , 7th KentuckyJohn Tillman Lamkin , 7th MississippiThomas Charles Fuller , 4th North CarolinaJoseph Brown Heiskell , 1st TennesseeRobert Henry Whitfield , 2nd Virginia (resigned March 2, 1865)John Robert Baylor , 5th Texas —session 2 Pay and Mileage
Post Offices and Post Roads
Thomas Jefferson Foster , 1st AlabamaHiram Parks Bell , 9th GeorgiaBenjamin Franklin Bradley , 11th KentuckyJohn Tillman Lamkin , 7th MississippiJames Thomas Leach , 3rd North CarolinaJames Hervey Witherspoon Jr. , 1st South CarolinaJames McCallum , 7th TennesseeFranklin Barlow Sexton , 4th TexasLaFayette McMullen , 13th VirginiaJohn Milton Elliott , 12th Kentucky —session 2 Peter Singleton Wilkes , 6th Missouri —session 2 Printing
Public Buildings
Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation
George Nelson Lester , 8th GeorgiaWillis Benson Machen , 1st KentuckyHenry English Read , 3rd KentuckyJehu Amaziah Orr , 1st MississippiJames Madison Leach , 7th North Carolina (elected April 21, 1864)William Dunlap Simpson , 4th South CarolinaHenry Stuart Foote , 5th Tennessee (fled to Canada before completing term)Frederick William Mackey Holliday , 10th VirginiaRobert Johnston , 15th VirginiaAaron H. Conrow , 4th Missouri —session 2 Rules and Officers of the House
Territories and Public Lands
Thomas Jefferson Foster , 1st AlabamaRobert Benjamin Hilton , 2nd FloridaWilliam Ephraim Smith , 2nd GeorgiaJames Chrisman , 5th KentuckyJames Thomas Leach , 3rd North CarolinaThomas Menees , 8th TennesseeAnthony Martin Branch , 3rd TexasLaFayette McMullen , 13th VirginiaAugustus Hill Garland , 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 GeorgiaEli Metcalfe Bruce , 9th KentuckyCharles Magill Conrad , 2nd LouisianaEthelbert Barksdale , 6th MississippiJohn Adams Gilmer , 6th North CarolinaArthur St. Clair Colyar , 3rd TennesseeFranklin Barlow Sexton , 4th TexasJohn Brown Baldwin , 11th VirginiaDuncan Farrar Kenner , 3rd Louisiana —session 2 Rufus King Garland Jr. , 2nd Arkansas —session 2 Impressments (Session 1) [ 9]
The Historical Atlas of the Congresses of the Confederate States of America: 1861–1865 , by Kenneth C. Martis (Simon and Schuster 1994)
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