Biographical Register of the Confederate Congress

Appendix III: Membership of the Congresses

APPENDIX III MEMBERSHIP OF THE CONGRESSES PROVISIONAL CONGRESS February 4, 1861, to February 17, 1862 First Session: February 4, 1861, to March 16,1861 Second Session: April 29, 1861, to May 21, 1861 Third Session: July 20, 1861, to August 31, 1861 Fourth Session (called): September 3, 1861 Fifth Session: November 18, 1861, to February 17, 1862 President of Congress: Howell Cobb Secretary of Congress: Johnson J. Hooper, Alabama William P. Chilton Jabez L. M. Curry Thomas Fearn1 Nicholas Davis2 Stephen F. Hale David P. Lewis3 ALABAMA Henry C. Jones4 Colin J. McRae John G. Shorter5 Cornelius Robinson6 Robert H. Smith Richard W.Walker 'Resigned after first session. 'Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Thomas Fearn; took his seat on April 29, 1861. 3 Resigned after first session. 4 Elected tofillvacancy caused by resignation of David Lewis; took his seat on April29,1861. 5 Resigned in November, 1861, to become governor of Alabama. 6 Elected tofillvacancy caused by resignation ofJohn G. Shorter; took his seat on November 30, 1861. Resigned January 24, 1862. 290 Augustus H. Garland Robert W. Johnson Albert Rust James P. Anderson7 George T. Ward8 John P. Sanderson9 Francis S. Bartow10 Thomas M. Forman11 Howell Cobb Thomas R. R. Cobb Martin J. Crawford Benjamin H. Hill Henry C. Burnett Theodore L. Burnett John M. Elliott George W. Ewing Samuel H. Ford Charles M. Conrad Alexandre de Clouet Duncan F. Kenner William T. S. Barry Walker Brooke ARKANSAS Hugh F. Thomason W. W. Watkins FLORIDA Jackson Morton James B. Owens GEORGIA Augustus H. Kenan Eugenius A. Nisbet12 Nathan Bass13 Alexander H. Stephens Robert Toombs Augustus R. Wright KENTUCKY George B. Hodge Thomas Johnson Thomas B. Monroe John J. Thomas Daniel P. White LOUISIANA Henry Marshall John Perkins Edward Sparrow MISSISSIPPI Wiley P. Harris James T. Harrison 'Resigned April 8, 1861. 8 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of James P. Anderson; took his seat on May 2, 1861. Resigned February 5, 1862. 'Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of George T. Ward; took his seat on February 5, 1862. 10 Killed at First Manassas on July 21, 1861. 11 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Francis S. Bartow; took his seat on August 7, 1861. 12 Resigned in December, 1861. 13 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Eugenius A. Nisbet; took his seat on January 14, 1862. 291 Josiah A. P. Campbell William S. Wilson16 Alexander M. Clayton14 Jehu A. Orr17 Alexander B. Bradford15 MISSOURI Caspar W. Bell Thomas W. Freeman John B. Clark Thomas A. Harris Aaron H. Conrow Robert L. Y. Peyton William M. Cooke George G. Vest NORTH CAROLINA Francis B. Craige Richard C. Puryear Allen T. Davidson Thomas Ruffin George Davis William N. H. Smith Thomas D. S. McDowell Abraham W. Venable John M. More head SOUTH CAROLINA Robert W. Barnwell William P. Miles William W. Boyce Robert B Rhett James Chesnut Thomas J. Withers18 Lawrence M. Keitt James L. Orr19 Christopher G. Memminger TENNESSEE John D. C. Atkins John F. House Robert L. Caruthers Thomas M. Jones David M. Currin James H. Thomas William H. DeWitt TEXAS John Gregg John H. Reagan John Hemphill20 Thomas N. Waul William B. Ochiltree Louis T. Wigfall Williamson S. Oldham 14 Resigned May 11, 1861. 15 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Alexander M. Clayton; took his seat on Decembers, 1861. 16 Resigned after first session. 17 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of William S. Wilson; took his seat on April29, 1861. ''Resigned after second session. "Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Thomas J. Withers; took his seat on February 17, 1862. 20 Died January 4, 1862. 292 VIRGINIA Thomas S. Bocock Alexander R. Boteler John W. Brockenbrough Robert M. T. Hunter Robert Johnston William H. MacFarland James M. Mason Walter Preston William B. Preston Roger A. Pryor William C. Rives Charles W. Russell Robert E. Scott James A. Seddon Waller R. Staples John Tyler21 ARIZONATERRITORY Granville Oury FIRST CONGRESS February 18, 1862, to February 17, 1864 First Session: February 18, 1862, to April 21, 1862 Second Session: August 18, 1862, to October 13, 1862 Third Session: January 12, 1863, to May 1, 1863 Fourth Session: December 7, 1863, to February 17, 1864 Vice-President: Alexander H. Stephens, Georgia President of the Senate Pro Tempore: Robert M. T. Hunter Secretary of the Senate: James H. Nash, South Carolina Speaker of the...