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

House

  • Speaker: Thomas S. Bocock

Officers

Senate

  • Secretary: 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

  • Clerk: 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

  • 3. Robert Jemison Jr. X
  • 1. Richard Wilde Walker

Arkansas

  • 1. Robert Ward Johnson X
  • 3. Charles Burton Mitchel X (died September 20, 1864)
  • Augustus Hill Garland (took his seat on November 8, 1864 – Appointed to fill vacancy)

Florida

  • 1. James McNair Baker X
  • 2. Augustus Emmet Maxwell X

Georgia

  • 3. Benjamin Harvey Hill X
  • 1. Herschel Vespasian Johnson X

Kentucky

  • 3. Henry Cornelius Burnett X
  • 1. William Emmet Simms X

Louisiana

  • 2. Thomas Jenkins Semmes X
  • 3. Edward Sparrow X

Mississippi

  • 2. Albert Gallatin Brown X
  • 1. John William Clark Watson

Missouri

  • 2. Waldo Porter Johnson X
  • 1. (vacant caused by the inability of the Missouri legislature to meet and elect a senator)
  • George Graham Vest (took his seat on January 12, 1865 – Appointed to fill vacancy)

North Carolina

  • 2. William Theophilus Dortch X
  • Thomas Samuel Ashe (elected to succeed Dortch in 1866 on December 3, 1864— never seated)
  • 1. William Alexander Graham

South Carolina

  • 2. Robert Woodward Barnwell X
  • 3. James Lawrence Orr X

Tennessee

  • 3. Landon Carter Haynes X
  • 2. Gustavus Adolphus Henry Sr. X

Texas

  • 3. William Simpson Oldham Sr. X
  • 2. Louis Trezevant Wigfall X

Virginia

  • 3. R. M. T. Hunter X
  • 2. Allen Taylor Caperton X

House of Representatives

The names 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 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
  • 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
  • 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 (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 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 X (resigned January 12, 1865 to become CS senator)
  • 6. Peter Singleton Wilkes
  • 7. Robert Anthony Hatcher

North Carolina

  • 1. William N. H. Smith X
  • 2. Robert Rufus Bridgers X
  • 3. James Thomas Leach
  • 4. Thomas Charles Fuller
  • 5. Josiah Turner
  • 6. John Adams Gilmer
  • 7. James Madison Leach (Representative-elect Samuel H. Christian died, in March 1864, before taking his seat. Leach was elected April 21, 1864.)
  • 8. James Graham Ramsay
  • 9. Burgess Sidney Gaither
  • 10. George Washington Logan

South Carolina

  • 1. James Hervey Witherspoon Jr.
  • 2. William Porcher Miles X
  • 3. Lewis Malone Ayer Jr. X
  • 4. William Dunlap Simpson X
  • 5. James Farrow X
  • 6. William Waters Boyce X

Tennessee

  • 1. Joseph Brown Heiskell X
  • 2. William Graham Swan X
  • 3. Arthur St. Clair Colyar
  • 4. John Porry Murray
  • 5. Henry Stuart Foote 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.)

Texas

  • 1. Stephen Heard Darden (Representative-elect John Allen Wilcox died, on February 7, 1864, before taking his seat. Darden was elected August 1864.
  • Allen Taylor Caperton, Virginia, Chairman
  • William Emmett Simms, Kentucky
  • William Theophilus Dortch, North Carolina

Claims

  • Henry Cornelius Burnett, 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, 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, Alabama — session 1
  • John William Clark Watson, Mississippi — session 1
  • Henry Cornelius Burnett, Kentucky — temporary, session 1
  • Waldo Porter Johnson, Missouri — temporary, sessions 1 and 2

Finance

  • Robert Woodward Barnwell, South Carolina, Chairman
  • Thomas Jenkins Semmes, Louisiana
  • Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Virginia
  • William Alexander Graham, 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, Arkansas, Chairman
  • Augustus Emmet Maxwell, Florida
  • Waldo Porter Johnson, Missouri
  • William Simpson Oldham Sr., Texas
  • Allen Taylor Caperton, Virginia

Judiciary

  • Benjamin Harvey Hill, Georgia, Chairman
  • Richard Wilde Walker, Alabama
  • Thomas Jenkins Semmes, 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, Arkansas
  • Henry Cornelius Burnett, Kentucky
  • Gustavus Adolphus Henry Sr., North Carolina
  • Louis Trezevant Wigfall, Texas
  • Augustus Hill Garland, Arkansas — temporary, session 2

Naval Affairs

  • Albert Gallatin Brown, Mississippi, Chairman
  • James McNair Baker, Florida
  • Herschel Vespasian Johnson, Georgia
  • William Emmett Simms, Kentucky
  • William Alexander Graham, 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, 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, Arkansas — session 2
  • Richard Wilde Walker, 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, Alabama
  • James McNair Baker, Florida
  • William Emmett Simms, Kentucky

Public Lands

  • James McNair Baker, Florida, Chairman
  • Robert Ward Johnson, Arkansas
  • Gustavus Adolphus Henry Sr., North Carolina

Rules

  • James Lawrence Orr, South Carolina, Chairman
  • Robert Ward Johnson, Arkansas
  • Thomas Jenkins Semmes, Louisiana

Territories

  • Louis Trezevant Wigfall, Texas, Chairman
  • Charles Burton Mitchel, Arkansas (died September 20, 1864) — session 1
  • Robert Woodward Barnwell, South Carolina

House committees

Accounts