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Provisional Congress of the Confederate States

January 01, 1970

Not to be confused with Confederate States Congress.

The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, also known as 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 states seceded from the Union and directed the election on November 6, 1861, at which a permanent government was elected.[1]

Provisional Congress
of the
Confederate States
Type
Type
History
FoundedFebruary 4, 1861 (1861-02-04)
DisbandedFebruary 17, 1862 (1862-02-17)
Succeeded byConfederate States Congress
Leadership
President
Meeting place
Alabama State Capitol
Montgomery, Alabama
Confederate States of America
Virginia State Capitol
Richmond, Virginia
Confederate States of America
Constitution
Constitution for the Provisional Government
of the Confederate States

First Session edit

The First Session of the Provisional Congress was held at Montgomery from February 4, 1861, to March 16, 1861.[2] Members were present from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina,[3] and Texas.[4] 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.[1]

Constitutional Convention edit

The Confederate States Constitutional Convention was held at Montgomery from February 28, 1861, to March 11, 1861.[2]

Second Session edit

The Second Session of the Provisional Congress was held at Montgomery from April 29, 1861, to May 21, 1861.[2] Members were present from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia,[5] and Arkansas.[6]

Third Session edit

The Third Session of the Provisional Congress was held at Richmond from July 20, 1861, to August 31, 1861.[2] Members were present from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina,[7] and Tennessee.[8]

Fourth Session edit

The Fourth Session of the Provisional Congress was held at Richmond on September 3, 1861.[2] Members were present from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee.

Fifth Session edit

The Fifth Session of the Provisional Congress was held at Richmond from November 18, 1861, to February 17, 1862.[2] Members were present from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri,[9] and Kentucky.[10] One non-voting member was present from the Arizona Territory.[11]

Leadership edit

President
 
Howell Cobb

Members edit

Deputies edit

Deputies from the first seven states to secede formed the first two sessions of the Congress.

Alabama

Florida

Georgia

Louisiana

Mississippi

South Carolina

Texas

Delegates edit

Representatives from states to secede after the Battle of Fort Sumter were referred to as delegates, in contrast to the deputies from the original seven states.

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Voorhees & Bok 1983, p. 683
  2. ^ a b c d e f S. Doc. No. 234, 58th Cong., 2nd Sess. 1904, p. 5.
  3. ^ S. Doc. No. 234, 58th Cong., 2nd Sess. 1904, p. 7.
  4. ^ S. Doc. No. 234, 58th Cong., 2nd Sess. 1904, pp. 60, 92.
  5. ^ S. Doc. No. 234, 58th Cong., 2nd Sess. 1904, p. 193.
  6. ^ S. Doc. No. 234, 58th Cong., 2nd Sess. 1904, p. 244.
  7. ^ S. Doc. No. 234, 58th Cong., 2nd Sess. 1904, p. 271.
  8. ^ S. Doc. No. 234, 58th Cong., 2nd Sess. 1904, p. 337.
  9. ^ S. Doc. No. 234, 58th Cong., 2nd Sess. 1904, p. 510.
  10. ^ S. Doc. No. 234, 58th Cong., 2nd Sess. 1904, p. 574.
  11. ^ S. Doc. No. 234, 58th Cong., 2nd Sess. 1904, p. 701.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i S. Doc. No. 234, 58th Cong., 2nd Sess. 1904, pp. 12–13.
  13. ^ a b c d e f S. Doc. No. 234, 58th Cong., 2nd Sess. 1904, p. 159.
  14. ^ S. Doc. No. 234, 58th Cong., 2nd Sess. 1904, pp. 13–14.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k S. Doc. No. 234, 58th Cong., 2nd Sess. 1904, p. 14.
  16. ^ S. Doc. No. 234, 58th Cong., 2nd Sess. 1904, pp. 22–23.
  17. ^ a b c d e f S. Doc. No. 234, 58th Cong., 2nd Sess. 1904, pp. 14–15.
  18. ^ a b c d e f g S. Doc. No. 234, 58th Cong., 2nd Sess. 1904, p. 15.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h S. Doc. No. 234, 58th Cong., 2nd Sess. 1904, pp. 15–16.
  20. ^ S. Doc. No. 234, 58th Cong., 2nd Sess. 1904, pp. 53–54.
  21. ^ S. Doc. No. 234, 58th Cong., 2nd Sess. 1904, p. 64.
  22. ^ a b c d e S. Doc. No. 234, 58th Cong., 2nd Sess. 1904, p. 97.
  23. ^ S. Doc. No. 234, 58th Cong., 2nd Sess. 1904, pp. 638–69.
  24. ^ Thomas 1998, p. 32

References edit

  • Root, Elihu, ed. (1904) [1st pub. 1861–1862]. Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861–1865. Volume I: Journal of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America. Senate document (United States. Congress. Senate); 58th Congress, 2nd session, no. 234. Washington: GPO. LCCN 05012700 – via Internet Archive.
  • Thomas, Emory M. (1998), The Confederate State of Richmond: A Biography of the Capital, Louisiana State University Press.
  • Voorhees, David William; Bok, H. Abigail, eds. (1983). Concise Dictionary of American History. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN 0-684-17321-2. OCLC 9111110.

Further reading edit

  • Beers, Henry Putney (1986) [1st pub. Government Printing Office: 1968]. "Chapter II: Congress". The Confederacy: A Guide to the Archives of the Confederate States of America. Washington: National Archives and Records Administration. pp. 9–35. ISBN 0-911333-18-5. LCCN 86008362. OCLC 13425465. OL 2715333M.
  • Confederate States of America (1861). Constitution for the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America. Montgomery, Ala.: Shorter & Reid. LCCN 44014587. OL 24392168M – via Internet Archive.
  • Confederate States of America (1861). Laws of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States in Relation to the War Department. Richmond: Tyler, Wise & Allegre. OL 24601308M – via Internet Archive.
  • Confederate States of America (1864). Matthews, James M. (ed.). Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America. Richmond: R. M. Smith. LCCN 06012179 – via Internet Archive.
  • Davis, William C. (2002). "Chapter 3: Visions of Breakers Ahead". Look Away!: A History of the Confederate States of America. New York: The Free Press. pp. 55–84. ISBN 0-684-86585-8. OCLC 48711345.
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1994). "Chapter 2: Provisional Confederate Congress". The Historical Atlas of the Congresses of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865. Gyula Pauer, Cartographer. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 7–13. ISBN 0-13-389115-1.

External links edit

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Not to be confused with Confederate States Congress The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States also known as 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 states seceded from the Union and directed the election on November 6 1861 at which a permanent government was elected 1 Provisional Congress of the Confederate StatesFlag of the Confederate States 1861 1863 TypeTypeUnicameralHistoryFoundedFebruary 4 1861 1861 02 04 DisbandedFebruary 17 1862 1862 02 17 Succeeded byConfederate States CongressLeadershipPresidentHowell CobbMeeting placeAlabama State CapitolMontgomery AlabamaConfederate States of AmericaVirginia State CapitolRichmond VirginiaConfederate States of AmericaConstitutionConstitution for the Provisional Governmentof the Confederate States Contents 1 First Session 1 1 Constitutional Convention 2 Second Session 3 Third Session 4 Fourth Session 5 Fifth Session 6 Leadership 7 Members 7 1 Deputies 7 2 Delegates 8 Notes 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External linksFirst Session editThe First Session of the Provisional Congress was held at Montgomery from February 4 1861 to March 16 1861 2 Members were present from Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi South Carolina 3 and Texas 4 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 1 Constitutional Convention edit The Confederate States Constitutional Convention was held at Montgomery from February 28 1861 to March 11 1861 2 Second Session editThe Second Session of the Provisional Congress was held at Montgomery from April 29 1861 to May 21 1861 2 Members were present from Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi South Carolina Texas Virginia 5 and Arkansas 6 Third Session editThe Third Session of the Provisional Congress was held at Richmond from July 20 1861 to August 31 1861 2 Members were present from Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi South Carolina Texas Virginia Arkansas North Carolina 7 and Tennessee 8 Fourth Session editThe Fourth Session of the Provisional Congress was held at Richmond on September 3 1861 2 Members were present from Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi South Carolina Texas Virginia Arkansas North Carolina and Tennessee Fifth Session editThe Fifth Session of the Provisional Congress was held at Richmond from November 18 1861 to February 17 1862 2 Members were present from Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi South Carolina Texas Virginia Arkansas North Carolina Tennessee Missouri 9 and Kentucky 10 One non voting member was present from the Arizona Territory 11 Leadership editPresident nbsp Howell Cobb President Howell CobbMembers editDeputies edit Deputies from the first seven states to secede formed the first two sessions of the Congress Alabama Richard W Walker 12 Robert H Smith 12 Colin J McRae 12 John Gill Shorter resigned November 1861 12 Cornelius Robinson took his seat on April 29 1861 Elected to fill vacancy resigned January 24 1862 W P Chilton 12 Stephen F Hale 12 David P Lewis resigned April 29 1861 12 13 Nic Davis Jr took his seat on April 29 1861 Elected to fill vacancy 13 Thomas Fearn resigned April 29 1861 12 13 H C Jones took his seat on April 29 1861 Elected to fill vacancy 13 J L M Curry 12 Florida J Patton Anderson resigned April 8 1861 14 George Taliaferro Ward took his seat on May 2 1861 Elected to fill vacancy resignedFebruary 5 1862 John Pease Sanderson took his seat on February 5 1862 Appointed to fill vacancy James B Owens 15 Jackson Morton took his seat onFebruary 6 1861 16 Georgia Robert Toombs 15 Howell Cobb 15 F S Bartow killed July 21 1861 at the First Battle of Bull Run 15 Thomas Marsh Forman took his seat on August 7 1861 Appointed to fill vacancy M J Crawford 15 E A Nisbet resigned December 10 1861 15 Nathan Henry Bass Sr took his seat on January 14 1862 Appointed to fill vacancy B H Hill 15 A R Wright 15 T R R Cobb 15 A H Kenan 15 A H Stephens 15 Louisiana John Perkins Jr 17 Alexander de Clouet 17 Charles M Conrad 17 Duncan F Kenner 17 Edward Sparrow 17 Henry Marshall 17 Mississippi A M Clayton resigned May 11 1861 18 Alexander Blackburn Bradford took his seat on December 5 1861 Elected to fill vacancy James T Harrison 18 William S Barry 18 J A P Campbell 18 Wiley P Harris 18 Walker Brooke 18 William S Wilson resigned April 29 1861 18 13 J A Orr took his seat on April 29 1861 Elected to fill vacancy 13 South Carolina Robert Barnwell Rhett 19 Robert W Barnwell 19 Christopher Gustavus Memminger 19 James Chesnut Jr 19 William Porcher Miles 19 Laurence M Keitt 19 Thomas J Withers resigned May 21 1861 after second session 19 James Lawrence Orr took his seat on February 17 1862 Appointed to fill vacancy William W Boyce 19 Texas John Gregg took his seat on February 15 1861 20 Thomas N Waul took his seat on February 19 1861 21 W S Oldham took his seat on March 2 1861 22 J H Reagan took his seat on March 2 1861 22 John Hemphill took his seat on March 2 1861 died January 4 1862 22 23 W B Ochiltree took his seat on March 2 1861 22 L T Wigfall took his seat on March 2 1861 22 Delegates edit Representatives from states to secede after the Battle of Fort Sumter were referred to as delegates in contrast to the deputies from the original seven states Arkansas Augustus Hill Garland Robert Ward Johnson Albert Rust Hugh French Thomason William Wirt Watkins Kentucky Henry Cornelius Burnett Theodore Legrand Burnett John Milton Elliott George Washington Ewing Samuel Howard Ford George Baird Hodge Thomas Johnson Thomas Bell Monroe John J Thomas Daniel Price White Missouri Caspar Wistar Bell John Bullock Clark Sr Aaron H Conrow William Mordecai Cooke Sr Thomas W Freeman Thomas Alexander Harris Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton George Graham Vest Delegate elect Hyer never took his seat North Carolina William Waightstill Avery Francis Burton Craige Allen Turner Davidson George Davis Thomas David Smith McDowell John Motley Morehead Richard Clauselle Puryear Thomas Hart Ruffin William N H Smith Abraham Watkins Venable Tennessee John DeWitt Clinton Atkins Robert Looney Caruthers David Maney Currin William Henry DeWitt John Ford House Thomas McKissick Jones James Houston Thomas Virginia Thomas Salem Bocock Alexander Boteler John White Brockenbrough Gideon D Camden resigned June 1861 24 R 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 OuryNotes edit a b Voorhees amp Bok 1983 p 683 a b c d e f S Doc No 234 58th Cong 2nd Sess 1904 p 5 S Doc No 234 58th Cong 2nd Sess 1904 p 7 S Doc No 234 58th Cong 2nd Sess 1904 pp 60 92 S Doc No 234 58th Cong 2nd Sess 1904 p 193 S Doc No 234 58th Cong 2nd Sess 1904 p 244 S Doc No 234 58th Cong 2nd Sess 1904 p 271 S Doc No 234 58th Cong 2nd Sess 1904 p 337 S Doc No 234 58th Cong 2nd Sess 1904 p 510 S Doc No 234 58th Cong 2nd Sess 1904 p 574 S Doc No 234 58th Cong 2nd Sess 1904 p 701 a b c d e f g h i S Doc No 234 58th Cong 2nd Sess 1904 pp 12 13 a b c d e f S Doc No 234 58th Cong 2nd Sess 1904 p 159 S Doc No 234 58th Cong 2nd Sess 1904 pp 13 14 a b c d e f g h i j k S Doc No 234 58th Cong 2nd Sess 1904 p 14 S Doc No 234 58th Cong 2nd Sess 1904 pp 22 23 a b c d e f S Doc No 234 58th Cong 2nd Sess 1904 pp 14 15 a b c d e f g S Doc No 234 58th Cong 2nd Sess 1904 p 15 a b c d e f g h S Doc No 234 58th Cong 2nd Sess 1904 pp 15 16 S Doc No 234 58th Cong 2nd Sess 1904 pp 53 54 S Doc No 234 58th Cong 2nd Sess 1904 p 64 a b c d e S Doc No 234 58th Cong 2nd Sess 1904 p 97 S Doc No 234 58th Cong 2nd Sess 1904 pp 638 69 Thomas 1998 p 32harvnb error no target CITEREFThomas1998 help References editRoot Elihu ed 1904 1st pub 1861 1862 Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America 1861 1865 Volume I Journal of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America Senate document United States Congress Senate 58th Congress 2nd session no 234 Washington GPO LCCN 05012700 via Internet Archive Thomas Emory M 1998 The Confederate State of Richmond A Biography of the Capital Louisiana State University Press Voorhees David William Bok H Abigail eds 1983 Concise Dictionary of American History New York Charles Scribner s Sons ISBN 0 684 17321 2 OCLC 9111110 Further reading editBeers Henry Putney 1986 1st pub Government Printing Office 1968 Chapter II Congress The Confederacy A Guide to the Archives of the Confederate States of America Washington National Archives and Records Administration pp 9 35 ISBN 0 911333 18 5 LCCN 86008362 OCLC 13425465 OL 2715333M Confederate States of America 1861 Constitution for the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America Montgomery Ala Shorter amp Reid LCCN 44014587 OL 24392168M via Internet Archive Confederate States of America 1861 Laws of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States in Relation to the War Department Richmond Tyler Wise amp Allegre OL 24601308M via Internet Archive Confederate States of America 1864 Matthews James M ed Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America Richmond R M Smith LCCN 06012179 via Internet Archive Davis William C 2002 Chapter 3 Visions of Breakers Ahead Look Away A History of the Confederate States of America New York The Free Press pp 55 84 ISBN 0 684 86585 8 OCLC 48711345 Martis Kenneth C 1994 Chapter 2 Provisional Confederate Congress The Historical Atlas of the Congresses of the Confederate States of America 1861 1865 Gyula Pauer Cartographer New York Simon amp Schuster pp 7 13 ISBN 0 13 389115 1 External links edit nbsp Media related to Provisional Congress of the Confederate States at Wikimedia Commons New constituency Provisional Congress of the Confederate StatesFebruary 4 1861 February 17 1862 Succeeded byConfederate States Congress Portals nbsp Law nbsp North America nbsp Politics Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Provisional Congress of the Confederate States amp oldid 1196453730, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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