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U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Historical Minutes > 1851-1877 > Creating a New Senate Under this plan, the Confederate Senate was to operate like the U.S. Senate, with similar methods of election, terms of office, standing committees, rules of procedure, and legislative powers. Unhappy with these inelegant quarters, Confederate senators appropriated the chamber of the state senate whenever that body was not in session. Because the Confederate Senate held many of its sessions in secret, did not use official reporters of debates to record public proceedings, and lost extensive records to the chaos of war, today we know very little about its operations. www.senate.gov /artandhistory/history/minute/Creating_a_new_Senate.htm   (440 words)

Congress of the Confederate States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Congress of the Confederate States was the legislative body of the Confederate States of America, existing during the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865. Like the United States Congress, the Confederate Congress consisted of two houses: the Confederate Senate, whose membership included two senators from each state (chosen by their state legislature), and the Confederate House of Representatives, with members popularly elected by residents of the individual states. Following the Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861, the remaining states to secede sent delegates to the Confederate Congress, which met in three additional sessions between July 1861 and February 1862 in the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Confederate_Congress   (454 words)

Databases of U.S. and Confederate Senators The Senate is the judge of its members' qualifications, and when persons present their credentials to the body, the Senate may choose not to seat them immediately if there are any questions about their rights to be there. Persons who were sole claimants to seats, but whom the Senate or the appropriate committee judged, on a specific date, not entitled to a seat, or who died or withdrew their credentials before the Senate could dispose of their case, are included. If a senator is elected to fill a vacancy, Senate practice of counting seniority has varied between using the date of election and using the date of presentation of credentials, and consequently both dates are used in different cases, following official sources. home.earthlink.net /~dbratman/senate.html   (1894 words)

USA: Constitution of the Confederate States The Senate of the Confederate States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen for six years by the Legislature thereof, at the regular session next immediately preceding the commencement of the term of service; and each Senator shall have one vote. No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained the age of thirty years, and be a citizen of the Confederate States; and who shall not, then elected, be an inhabitant of the State for which he shall be chosen. The Confederate States shall guarantee to every State that now is, or hereafter may become, a member of this Confederacy, a republican form of government; and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the Legislature or of the Executive when the Legislature is not in session) against domestic violence. odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/D/1851-1875/constitution/css.htm   (3226 words)

Andrew Turner's Confederate Flag History Web Page The Confederate First National flag shows you what the flag's CANTON is. It is that area of the flag that has the circle of white MULLETTS on the blue background. This second National Confederate Flag was referred to as the "Stainless Banner" because of it's pure white field, and was said to represent the purity of the cause which it represented. Senator Thomas J. Semmes of Louisiana introduced Senate Bill No. 137 with the statement that "naval officers objected to the present flag, that in a calm looked like a flag of truce". www.geocities.com /redneckandrew/confederateflaghistory.html   (3987 words)

Journal of the Confederate Congress Home Page: U.S. Congressional Documents A Senate Resolution dated January 28, 1904, directed the secretary of war, Elihu Root, to transmit to the U.S. Senate a copy of the Journal of the Provisional Congress and of the 1st and 2nd Congresses of the Confederate States of America. The Journals of the Senate, 1st Congress of the Confederate States of America, are found in volume 2 (1st and 2nd sessions) and volume 3 (3rd and 4th sessions). The Journals of the House of Representatives of the 1st Congress of the Confederate States of America are found in volume 5 (1st and 2nd sessions) and volume 6 (3rd and 4th sessions). memory.loc.gov /ammem/amlaw/lwcc.html   (268 words)

Today in History: April 21 Robert M.T. Hunter was born on April 21, 1801, in Essex County, Virginia and educated at the University of Virginia. Confederate President Jefferson Davis appointed Hunter, along with Alexander Stephens, vice president of the Confederate States of America (former representative from Georgia) and John A. Campbell, assistant secretary of war for the Confederacy (former U.S. Supreme Court justice) to attend a peace conference with Union representatives. Amid the devastation of the South, the former Officers of the Confederate States of America, including Hunter and the other delegates to the Hampton Roads Conference, were captured and sent to prison. memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/apr21.html   (821 words)

The Great Seal of the Confederacy The Great Seal of the Confederate States of America was engraved in 1864, by the late Joseph S. Wyon, of London, England, predecessor of Messrs J. and A. Wyon, chief engravers of Her British Majesty's seals, etc., and reached Richmond not long before the evacuation of the city, April 3, 1865. He was also chairman of the joint committee on the flag and seal of the Confederate States. "As member of the finance committee, he advocated the sealing and calling in of the outstanding Confederate currency, on the ground that the purchasing power of the new currency to be issued in exchange would be greater than the total amount of the outstanding currency in its then depreciated condition. www.dixiescv.org /seal_csa.html   (1641 words)

Confederate States of America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Confederate States of America (also referred to as the Confederacy, Confederate States, and CSA) was formed by eleven southern states of the United States of America between 1861 and 1865. The Confederate Congress responded to the hostilities by formally declaring war on the United States in May 1861—calling it "The War between the Confederate States of America and the United States of America." The Union government never declared war but conducted its war efforts under a proclamation of blockade and rebellion. The Confederate military leadership included many veterans from the United States Army and United States Navy who had resigned their Federal commissions and had been appointed to senior positions in the Confederate armed forces. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Confederate_States_of_America   (4418 words)

The Confederate States of America Constitution (3) No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained the age of thirty years, and be a citizen of the Confederate States; and who shall not, then elected, be an inhabitant of the State for which he shall be chosen. Section I. (I) The judicial power of the Confederate States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may, from time to time, ordain and establish. Adopted unanimously by the Congress of the Confederate States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, sitting in convention at the capitol, m the city of Montgomery, Ala., on the eleventh day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-one. americancivilwar.com /documents/confederate_constitution.html   (3346 words)

CSA Constitution The Senate of the [United] Confederate States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years, at the regular session next immediately preceding the commencement of the term of service; and each Senator shall have one Vote. No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and [been nine Years a Citizen of the United] be a citizen of the Confederate States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen. The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States. bessel.org /confconst.htm   (6075 words)

Traveler's Guide to Arkansas | Governors of Arkansas Portrait Gallery | State | 1874-1885 Garland was a delegate to the 1861 Secession Convention and to the Provisional Congress. He served in the Confederate States' House of Representatives from 1861 to 1864 and the Confederate Senate from 1864 to 1865. In 1861 Berry enlisted in the Confederate army, served as second lieutenant, was wounded, and lost his right leg in the battle of Corinth, Mississippi. www.soskids.arkansas.gov /govs-state-1874.html   (1037 words)

Arkansas's Confederate Generals Burrow was also active politically as a state senator from Jefferson County from 1851 to 1855, a Buchanan elector in 1856, and a delegate to both 1860 Democratic conventions. General Rust is buried in an unmarked grave within a few yards of the Confederate monument in Oakland Cemetery in Little Rock, however a memorial marker in his name is placed in the Confederate section of the adjacent Little Rock National Cemetery. He also was politically active, serving as Jefferson County's state senator from 1842 to 1845 In 1856 Yell was the Whig-American party candidate for governor; and in 1861 he was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the Confederate Senate. www.civilwarhistory.com /_010600/othergenerals.htm   (5938 words)

The Southern Homefront, 1861-1865: Topical Access to Confederate Official Documents The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, from the Institution of the Government, February 8, 1861, to its Termination, February 18, 1862, Inclusive; Arranged in Chronological Order. Together with the Constitution for the Provisional Government, and the Permanent Constitution of the Confederate States, and the Treaties Concluded by the Confederate States with Indian Tribes. Senate Bill, No. 16: Joint Resolution Defining the Position of the Confederate States, and Declaring the Determination of the Congress and the People Thereof to Prosecute the War Till Their Independence is Acknowledged docsouth.unc.edu /imls/confdocs.html   (1434 words)

THE CONFEDERATE FLAG The quarterly meeting of the Baltimore Chapter, United Daughters of Confederacy, was marked yesterday by the reading of an original poem on the Confederate flag composed and read by the President, Mrs. The titanic struggle of which the Confederate flag is the symbol, and the noble qualities it called forth in a brave, conscientious and chivalric people, must ever command the interest and respect of all generous minds. I think the speech was on a resolution to suspend the operation of the writ of habeas corpus; and Colonel Wigfall opposed with all the zeal and strength of a great mind te passage of the resolution. www.researchonline.net /gacw/conflag2.htm   (397 words)

Augusta Georgia: metro@ugusta: Flag ordeal not over 05/19/00 The Senate quickly met and insisted on its version, which throws the bill to a six-member conference committee. The Senate on Wednesday approved most of the other House changes that included putting a fence around the monument and lighting the flag at night. Moving the flag from the dome to the memorial was considered a compromise by lawmakers who have been trying for years to bring the flag down. chronicle.augusta.com /stories/051900/lat_flag.shtml   (563 words)

Transcription of Confederate Constitution ARTICLE I. All legislative powers herein delegated shall be vested in Congress of the Confederate States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained the age of thirty years, and be a citizen of the Confederate States; and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of the State for which he shall be chosen. The Confederate States shall guaranty to every State that now is or hereafter may become a member of this Confederacy, a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the Legislature (or of the Executive when the legislature is not in session) against domestic violence. www.libs.uga.edu /hargrett/selections/confed/trans.html   (3196 words)

[No title] Confederate imprints are those items published in the southern states during the existence of the Confederate States of American, roughly from 1860 to 1865. James D. Halyburton, judge of the Confederate States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, in the cases of John B. Lane and John H. Leftwich, in relation to their exemption, as mail contractors, from the performance of military service. In which the political and physical condition of the states composing the Confederate States of America are fully treated of, and their progress in commerce, education, agriculture, internal improvements and mechanic arts, prominently set forth. www.marshall.edu /speccoll/blake/Imprints1.html   (14261 words)

Handbook of Texas Online: Williamson Simpson Oldham, Confederate legislator, was born in Franklin County, Tennessee, on July 19, 1813, the son of Elias and Mary (Burton) Oldham. As the son of a poor farmer, Oldham was largely self-educated, but at the age of eighteen he opened a school in the Tennessee hills. The following November the Texas Senate elected him to the regular Confederate Senate, a position he held until the collapse of the Confederacy. www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/OO/fol2.html   (713 words)

Constitution of the Confederate States of America (1) The Senate of the Confederate States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen for six years by the Legislature thereof, at the regular session next immediately preceding the commencement of the term of service; and each Senator shall have one vote. (1) The times, places, and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof, subject to the provisions of this Constitution; but the Congress may, at any time, by law, make or alter such regulations, except as to the times and places of choosing Senators. (1) The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the Treasury of the Confederate States. www.constitution.org /csa/csa_cons.htm   (3196 words)

Journals of the Confederate Congress- Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 At the conclusion of the Civil War, the United States Department of War seized the journals of the Confederate Congress. The Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 was printed in a seven-volume set between 1904 and 1905. The Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America is a transcript of the Civil War time proceedings of the Provisional Congress, House and Senate, of the Confederate States of America. www.paperlessarchives.com /jcc.html   (466 words)

Confederate Flags When Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as President of the Confederacy, the inaugural parade was led by a company of infantry carrying the State flag of Georgia. This flag was used for a time by General Maury, Department of the Gulf, at his headquarters in Mobile, AL from around 1863- the capture of the city in late in the war. Here you can read about the numerous flags of the government and armed forces of the Confederate States of America, and view many images of those flags. www.scv674.org /csaflags.htm   (4764 words)

What others say   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) It is my desire to make the availability of this book more widely known. Civil War and Confederate buff's should take note that the Taliaferro family are direct decedents of General William B. Taliaferro CSA, and that the General is featured in the book. The Taliaferro family has a complete description of the book at their interesting website so we will not describe it further here. taliaferro.net /genealogy/page3.html   (228 words)

Eliza Barns McLendon Chapter #2209   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) The Great Seal of the Confederate States of America was engraved in 1864, by the late Joseph S. Wyon, It was made of silver,and measured almost four inches in diameter. At the evacuation of Richmond it was overlooked by the Confederate authorities, members.aol.com /Congs/ConfederateSeal.html   (1549 words)

Documenting the American South: The Southern Homefront, 1861-1865 Journal of the Senate of the Extra Session of the General Assembly, of the State of Georgia, Convened by Proclamation of the Governor, at Macon, February 15th, 1865 Journal of the Senate of the State of Georgia, at the Annual Session of the General Assembly, Begun and Held in Milledgeville, the Seat of Government, in 1861 Senate Journal of the Second Extra Session of the Thirty-Third General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, which Convened at Nashville on Thursday, the 25th Day of April, A. Nashville: J. Griffith and Co., Public Printers, 1861. docsouth.unc.edu /imls/texts.html   (7635 words)

The Avalon Project : Constitution of the Confederate States; March 11, 1861 The Avalon Project : Constitution of the Confederate States; March 11, 1861 Section I. All legislative powers herein delegated shall be vested in a Congress of the Confederate States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. (2) The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make allneedful rules and regulations concerning the property of the Confederate States, including the lands thereof. www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/csa/csa.htm   (3108 words)

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