Southern Congress

This body, composed of Deputies elected by the Conventions of the Seceding States, met at Montgomery, Alabama, February 4th, 1861, to organize a Southern Confederacy. Each State had a representation equal to the number of members of the Thirty-sixth Congress. The members were:

South Carolina.

• Robert W. Barnwell, Ex-U. S. Senator.
• R. Barnwell Rhett, „ „ „
• James Chestnut, jr., „ „ „
• Lawrence M. Keitt, Ex-M. C.
• William W. Boyce, „ „
• Wm. Porcher Miles, „ „
• C. G. Memminger.
• Thomas J. Withers.

Alabama.

• W. P. Chilton.
• Stephen F. Hale.
• David P. Lewis.
• Thomas Fearn.
• Richard W. Walker.
• Robert H. Smith.
• Colin J. McRae.
• John Gill Shorter.
• J. L. M. Curry, Ex-M. C.

Florida.

• J. Patten Anderson, Ex-Delegate from Washington Territory.
• Jackson Morton, Ex-U. S. Senator.
• James Powers.

Mississippi.

• W. S. Wilson.
• Wiley P. Harris, Ex-M. C.
• James T. Harrison.
• Walter Brooke, Ex-U. S. Senator.
• William S. Barry, Ex-M. C.
• A. M. Clayton.

Georgia.

• Robert Toombs, Ex-U. S. Senator.
• Howell Cobb, Ex-M. C.
• Martin J. Crawford, „ „
• Augustus R. Wright, „ „
• Augustus H. Keenan.
• Benjamin H. Hill.
• Francis S. Bartow.
• E. A. Nisbet.
• Thomas R. R. Cobb.
• Alexander H. Stephens, Ex-M. C.

Louisiana.

• Duncan F. Kenner.
• Charles M. Conrad, Ex-U. S. Senator.
• Henry Marshall.
• John Perkins, jr.
• G. E. Sparrow.
• E. De Clouet.

Texas.

(Admitted March 2d, 1861.)

• Louis T. Wigfall, Ex-U. S. Senator.
• John Hemphill, „ „ „
• John H. Reagan, Ex-M. C.
• T. N. Waul.
• John Gregg.
• W. S. Oldham.
• W. B. Ochiltree.