Cabinet of the Confederate States of America
Davis Cabinet |
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1st Cabinet of Confederate States of America |
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Date formed |
18 February 1861 |
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Date dissolved |
10 May 1865 |
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People and organisations |
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Head of government |
Jefferson Davis |
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Head of state |
Jefferson Davis |
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Total number of ministers |
22 |
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Member party |
Nonpartisan |
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The Cabinet of the Confederate States existed from 18 February 1861 to 10 May 1865. The cabinet was modelled on the Cabinet of the United States, but the only department the Cabinet never had was the Department of the Interior.
Cabinet
Portfolio |
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Secretary |
Dates |
President |
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Jefferson Davis |
February 18, 1861 – May 11, 1865 |
Vice President |
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Alexander H. Stephens |
February 18, 1861 – May 11, 1865 |
Secretary of State |
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Robert Toombs |
February 25, 1861 – July 25, 1861 |
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Robert M.T. Hunter |
July 25, 1861 – February 18, 1862 |
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William M. Browne |
February 18, 1862 – March 18, 1862 |
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Judah P. Benjamin |
March 18, 1862 – May 10, 1865 |
Secretary of the Treasury |
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Christopher Memminger |
February 25, 1861 – July 18, 1864 |
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George Trenholm |
July 18, 1864 – April 27, 1865 |
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John H. Reagan |
April 27, 1865 – May 10, 1865 |
Secretary of War |
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LeRoy Pope Walker |
February 25, 1861 – September 16, 1861 |
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Judah P. Benjamin |
September 17, 1861 – March 24, 1862 |
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George W. Randolph |
March 24, 1862 – November 15, 1862 |
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James Seddon |
November 21, 1862 – February 5, 1865 |
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John C. Breckinridge |
February 6, 1865 – May 10, 1865 |
Attorney General |
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Judah P. Benjamin |
February 25, 1861 – September 17, 1861 |
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Wade Keyes |
September 17, 1861 – November 21, 1861 |
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Thomas Bragg |
November 21, 1861 – March 18, 1862 |
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Thomas H. Watts |
March 18, 1862 – October 1, 1863 |
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Wade Keyes |
October 1, 1863 – January 2, 1864 |
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George Davis |
January 2, 1864 – April 24, 1865 |
Secretary of the Navy |
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Stephen Mallory |
March 4, 1861 – May 2, 1865 |
Postmaster General |
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John H. Reagan |
March 6, 1861 – May 10, 1865 |
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