Cabinet of the Confederate States of America

Davis Cabinet

1st cabinet of Confederate States of America
Date formed 18 February 1861
Date dissolved 10 May 1865
People and organisations
Head of government Jefferson Davis
Head of state Jefferson Davis
Total number of ministers 22
Member party Nonpartisan

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 Image Secretary Dates
President Jefferson Davis February 18, 1861 – May 11, 1865
Vice President Alexander H. Stephens February 18, 1861 – May 11, 1865
Secretary of State Robert Toombs February 25, 1861 – July 25, 1861
Robert M.T. Hunter July 25, 1861 – February 18, 1862
William M. Browne February 18, 1862 – March 18, 1862
Judah P. Benjamin March 18, 1862 – May 10, 1865
Secretary of the Treasury Christopher Memminger February 25, 1861 – July 18, 1864
George Trenholm July 18, 1864 – April 27, 1865
John H. Reagan April 27, 1865 – May 10, 1865
Secretary of War LeRoy Pope Walker February 25, 1861 – September 16, 1861
Judah P. Benjamin September 17, 1861 – March 24, 1862
George W. Randolph March 24, 1862 – November 15, 1862
James Seddon November 21, 1862 – February 5, 1865
John C. Breckinridge February 6, 1865 – May 10, 1865
Attorney General Judah P. Benjamin February 25, 1861 – September 17, 1861
Wade Keyes September 17, 1861 – November 21, 1861
Thomas Bragg November 21, 1861 – March 18, 1862
Thomas H. Watts March 18, 1862 – October 1, 1863
Wade Keyes October 1, 1863 – January 2, 1864
George Davis January 2, 1864 – April 24, 1865
Secretary of the Navy Stephen Mallory March 4, 1861 – May 2, 1865
Postmaster General John H. Reagan March 6, 1861 – May 10, 1865

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