The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, fully the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America, was a unicameral congress of deputies and delegates called together from the Southern States which became the governing body of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States from February 4, 1861, to February 17, 1862. It sat in Montgomery, Alabama, until May 21, 1861, when it adjourned to meet in Richmond, Virginia, on July 20, 1861. In both cities, it met in the existing state capitols which it shared with the respective secessionist state legislatures. It added new members as other separatist states seceded from the Union and directed the election on November 6, 1861, at which a permanent government was elected.

thumb|Digital remake of the flag used to represent the provisional government

First Session

The First Session of the Provisional Congress was held at Montgomery from February 4, 1861, to March 16, 1861. Members were present from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas. It drafted a provisional constitution and set up a government. For president and vice president, it selected Jefferson Davis of Mississippi and Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia.

  • Robert M. T. Hunter
  • Robert Johnston
  • William Hamilton MacFarland
  • James M. Mason
  • Walter Preston
  • William Ballard Preston
  • Roger Atkinson Pryor
  • William Cabell Rives
  • Charles Wells Russell
  • Robert Eden Scott
  • James Alexander Seddon
  • Waller Redd Staples
  • John Tyler (died January 18, 1862)

Arizona Territory

  • Granville Henderson Oury

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