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Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens The illustration and accompanying story announce the election of these two distinguished gentlemen to the posts of President and Vice President of the Confederate States of America. President and Vice President of the Confederate States ALEXANDER H., of Georgia, the Vice President of the new Southern Confederacy, was born in Georgia on the 11th of February, 1812, and is consequently forty-nine years of age. www.sonofthesouth.net /leefoundation/Jefferson_Davis_Vice_Stephens.htm   (712 words)

Confederate Timeline The next step was to separate the farming, slaveholding states of the South, from the urban non-slaveholding states of the North. These 11 states sent representatives to a convention were they adopted a constitution and chose Jefferson Davis as president and Alexander Hamilton Stephens as vice president. All other states remained a part of the Union. www.angelfire.com /ca4/ryansbest/conf4.htm   (1193 words)

The Patriotist - Thomas Guinn While it is not prudent that we attempt to reassemble the Congress of the Confederate States of America, nor a Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, for we lack an active Confederate States Electorate and our nation remains under occupation and subjugation. Once the Confederate National Congress assembles, it would be their perogative to invite the delegations of States outside the Confederate States of America into their numbers. The Confederate States of America continues as a seperate and distinct nation, under the status of occupation and subjugation. www.patriotist.com /tgarch/tg20030310.htm   (1193 words)

Freedom Calendar 1861-Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens are elected president and vice president of the Confederate States of America 1861- At Montgomery, Alabama, the Confederate States of America is organized at the first session of the Provisional Confederate Congress 1 1861-The Confederate Congress unanimously adopts the Constitution of the Confederate States of America www.mises.org /calendar.asp   (1193 words)

US Vice Presidents, 1841-1850 --Twenty years after swearing to uphold the U.S.Constitution as President, he served in as a delegate to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America, but died before taking office (1861). --One of several unsuccessful Whig candidates for Vice President 1836, the year in which the Senate had to elect the Vice President. --New York State Assembly, as a member of the Anti-Masonic Party (1829-31). www.angelfire.com /az/theredbadge/vps4.html   (1193 words)

Confederate States of America Stephens opposed the secession movement in Georgia in 1860-61, but after the state had voted to secede he supported its action, and in 1862, after the outbreak of the American Civil War, he was elected vice president of the Confederacy. The number of states in the Confederacy was increased to 11 by the secession of Virginia in April and of Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina in May. The provisional Confederate Congress, which had met for four sessions between February 4, 1861 and February 17, 1862, was replaced by a permanent legislature on February 18, 1862. He was in constant conflict with extreme exponents of the doctrine of states' rights, and his attempts to have high military officers appointed by the president were opposed by the governors of the states. www.civilwarhistory.com /070400/CSAGovernment.htm   (1193 words)

Neo-Redneckery II Stephens was Vice-President of the new Confederate States of America. Neo-Confederates seek to revalidate the Confederate States of America as a force of virtue and liberty. The new [Confederate] constitution has put at rest, forever, all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institution -- African slavery as it exists amongst us -- the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. www.spectacle.org /0402/hogan.html   (1277 words)

The Avalon Project : Confederate States of America - Constitution for the Provisional Government. (1) The executive power shall be vested in a President of the Confederate States of America. Confederate States of America - Constitution for the Provisional Government The Avalon Project : Confederate States of America - Constitution for the Provisional Government. www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/csa/csapro.htm   (1277 words)

MSN Encarta - Civil War On February 9 the provisional Confederate Congress elected Jefferson Davis of Mississippi provisional president and Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia provisional vice president. On February 4, delegates from the first six states to secede met in Montgomery, Alabama, to set up a provisional government for the Confederate States of America. Introduction; Causes of the Civil War; The Fight Over Slavery; Civil War Begins; Civil War, 1861; Civil War, 1862; Civil War, 1863; Civil War, 1864; Civil War, 1865; The War Ends; Assessment of the Civil War encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761567354_4/Civil_War.html   (659 words)

Confederate States of America: Provisional Congress: 1861-1862 On 8 Feb 1861 the Congress voted the Constitution for the Provisional Government thus laying foundations of the Confederate States of America. The Congress passed over the radical secessionists R. Rhett and William L. Yancey and elected (9 Feb 1861) Jefferson Davis and Alexander H. Stephens president and vice president respectively. The Congress drafted a constitution (adopted on 11 Mar 1861) and functioned as a provisional legislature pending regular elections. www.archontology.org /nations/csa/01confcongress.php   (172 words)

Confederate States of America The Confederate States of America (also Confederacy), was name adopted by the federation of 11 slaveholding Southern states of the United States that seceded from the Union and were arrayed against the national government during the American Civil War. The number of states in the Confederacy was increased to 11 by the secession of Virginia in April and of Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina in May. The provisional Confederate Congress, which had met for four sessions between February 4, 1861 and February 17, 1862, was replaced by a permanent legislature on February 18, 1862. The convention, presided over by Howell Cobb of Georgia, adopted a provisional constitution and chose Jefferson Davis of Mississippi as provisional president and Alexander Hamilton Stephens of Georgia as provisional vice president. www.americanrevwar.homestead.com /files/civwar/confed.html   (1067 words)

List of All Products As Jefferson Davis paraded through the streets of Montgomery, Alabama, to take the oath of office as the first president of the Confederate States of America, two men accompanied him in his open coach: Alexander Stephens—the vice-president-elect—and Basil Manly. A noted southern Baptist preacher, educator, and the most ardent secessionist of them all, Manly had been selected to serve as chaplain to the provisional Confederate Congress and opened the inaugural ceremonies with a prayer. For nearly thirty years, Manly had worked devotedly for the establishment of a southern nation, and in 1861, his sermons and public prayers before church and congress lent moral and religious legitimacy to the new Confederate government. www.aviation-heritage.com /en-us/p_1583.html   (317 words)

Confederate States of America Commemorative Silver Dollars & Merchandise On February 9, 1861 the seceded states met in Montgomery, Alabama and chose Jefferson Davis as provisional President of the Confederate States of America. When Franklin Pierce took office as President of the United States of America he appointed Davis Secretary of War. President Davis and Vice President Stephens ran unopposed in a general election in the autumn of 1861. www.csasilverdollar.com /davis.html   (1650 words)

Steven L. Hoskin: Civil War Autographs.com--Confederate States of America A.H. Stephens, Vice President C[onfederate] S[tates], Richmond, Va.,” with the content of the no-longer-present letter – Cobb’s anticipated presence at the meeting of the Provisional Confederate Congress in Richmond, Virginia on November 18, 1861- indicated by docketing on reverse, “Col. H. A member of the Provisional Confederate Congress, which initially met in Montgomery, Alabama in early 1861, Cobb helped raise the 16th Georgia Infantry in the summer of the same year and accompanied the unit to the Richmond, Virginia, where he served as both colonel and Confederate Congressman. Confederate Lieutenant Colonel - 11th Kentucky Cavalry; Governor of Kentucky- 1875-79 and 1912-16. www.civilwarautographs.com /confederate/confederate.htm   (6487 words)

Alexander, Lincoln --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia politician who served as vice president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1861–65). www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9309762?tocId=9309762   (726 words)

The BRAG Encyclopedia The riders were treated to a delightful rest stop in Crawfordville at the A. Stephens Memorial State Park, the home of Alexander Stephens, Georgia statesman and Vice-President of the Confederate States of America. A group of younger riders took advantage of the huge puddles left from the rain to body surf across the grassy lawns in what couldn't have been more than 2 inches of water. There were some hills to climb as the 2002 BRAG routes featured over 20,000 feet of climbing. www.brag.org /history.html   (4818 words)

Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens The illustration and accompanying story announce the election of these two distinguished gentlemen to the posts of President and Vice President of the Confederate States of America. ALEXANDER H., of Georgia, the Vice President of the new Southern Confederacy, was born in Georgia on the 11th of February, 1812, and is consequently forty-nine years of age. The accompanying portraits of Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens will introduce to our readers the newly-elected President and Vice-President of the new Southern Confederacy, organized at Montgomery, Alabama, on 4th February. www.sonofthesouth.net /leefoundation/Jefferson_Davis_Vice_Stephens.htm   (712 words)

Alexander Stephens Alexander Stephens, as Vice President of the Confederate States of America holds a conference with Abraham Lincoln on a ship off the coast of Virginia regarding the end of the Civil War. Alexander H. Stephens, Vice-president of the Confederate States of America, Georgia governor and U. Senator, born on a farm in present-day Taliaferro County, Georgia (near Crawfordville). Alexander Stephens inaugurated Vice-President of the C.S.A. February 3, 1865 www.ourgeorgiahistory.com /chronpop/1000013   (364 words)

Alexander Stephens Alexander Stephens, as Vice President of the Confederate States of America holds a conference with Abraham Lincoln on a ship off the coast of Virginia regarding the end of the Civil War. Alexander H. Stephens, Vice-president of the Confederate States of America, Georgia governor and U. Senator, born on a farm in present-day Taliaferro County, Georgia (near Crawfordville). Alexander Stephens inaugurated Vice-President of the C.S.A. February 3, 1865 www.ourgeorgiahistory.com /chronpop/1000013   (364 words)

Alexander Stephens Alexander Stephens, as Vice President of the Confederate States of America holds a conference with Abraham Lincoln on a ship off the coast of Virginia regarding the end of the Civil War. Alexander H. Stephens, Vice-president of the Confederate States of America, Georgia governor and U. Senator, born on a farm in present-day Taliaferro County, Georgia (near Crawfordville). Alexander Stephens inaugurated Vice-President of the C.S.A. February 3, 1865 www.ourgeorgiahistory.com /chronpop/1000013   (364 words)

Fairfax Chapter News Virginia Division Children of the Confederacy President Katie Fraser, a member of Fairfax Chapter's Antonia Ford CofC Chapter, recognized that her organization shared a special kinship with the children who had lost their lives in the service of the Confederacy and made raising funds for the monument the focus of her presidency. Virginia Division officers Kathie Watson (Third Vice President), Sam Lougheed (President), and Pat Bryson (Second Vice President), District of Columbia Division President Vicki Heilig, and Fairfax Chapter Presient Martha Boltz at the Chapter's Lee-Jackson luncheon When the monument was dedicated on a picture-perfect late-summer afternoon, Katie (now a member of Virginia Division UDC) was present, along with other Virginia Division CofC members, to read the victims' names and ages. home.earthlink.net /~fairfax1410/news.html   (364 words)

Encyclopedia: Calvin Coolidge Jump to: navigation, search John C. Breckinridge John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821–May 17, 1875) was a lawyer, U.S. Representative, Senator from Kentucky, the fourteenth Vice President of the United States, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. John Nance Cactus Jack Garner (November 22, 1868–November 7, 1967) was a Representative from Texas and the thirty-second Vice President of the United States. Jump to: navigation, search John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth (1841) Vice President of the United States, and the tenth (1841-1845) President of the United States. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Calvin-Coolidge   (9150 words)

Today in History: May 10 Jefferson Davis (detail), [President of the Confederate States of America], Davis, who had opposed secession in spite of his belief in states' rights, was chosen president of the Confederacy soon after Mississippi left the Union. Throughout the Civil War, Davis contended with inflation, scarce resources, an argumentative Confederate Congress, and an inadequate and unequipped army. memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/may10.html   (2115 words)

neo-confederates CSA President Craig Maus is a League member and former Virginia head of the CCC; Vice President Kenny Ashford was chairman of the CCC’s Baton Rouge, La., chapter in 1998; and CSA founder and advisory director Jim Bitzer was a member of the CCC’s national advisory council in 1994. Edited by white separatist Jared Taylor, American Renaissance is a magazine with a highfalutin tone that links IQ levels to racial groups and promotes eugenics, the "science" of improving the human race through selective breeding. Taylor, a board member of the racist Council of Conservative Citizens, has published widely on such topics, including two books: Paved with Good Intentions: The Failure of Race Relations in Contemporary America and The Real American Dilemma: Race, Immigration and the Future of America. www.unitedstatesaction.com /neo-confederates.htm   (2106 words)

United States: history 1783-1861 - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about United States: history 1783-1861 Following the ratification of the Constitution by nine states in 1789, George Washington and John Adams were chosen as the country's first president and vice-president, and New York City became the country's first temporary capital. Thus the Confederate States of America – the Confederacy – came into being. This led, in the following year, to the formation of the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy), and the precipitation of civil war between North and South. encyclopedia.farlex.com /United+States:+history+1783-1861   (3267 words)

History of Memorial Day During the first celebration of Decoration Day, General James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery, after which 5,000 participants helped to decorate the graves of the more than 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers buried in the cemetery. Also, it is customary for the president or vice-president to give a speech honoring the contributions of the dead and lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. By the late 1800s, many communities across the country had begun to celebrate Memorial Day and, after World War I, observances also began to honor those who had died in all of America's wars. www.twilightbridge.com /hobbies/festivals/memorial/history.htm   (884 words)

William C. Harris The Hampton Roads Peace Conference: A Final Test of Lincoln's Presidential Leadership Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association, 21.1 WILLIAM C. Left to right: William Henry Seward, Lincoln's Secretary of State; Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice President of the Confederate States of America; Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, served in the Confederate Cabinet and Senate; and Judah Philip Benjamin, who served in various capacities in the Confederate Cabinet. Remarkably, Fernando Wood, New York's most notorious Copperhead, praised Lincoln for his firmness in preserving "the integrity of the American Union"; however, he was silent regarding the president's emancipation requirement for ending the conflict. William C. Harris, With Charity for All: Lincoln and the Restoration of the Union (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1997), 240. jala.press.uiuc.edu /21.1/harris.html   (11107 words)

William C. Harris The Hampton Roads Peace Conference: A Final Test of Lincoln's Presidential Leadership Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association, 21.1 WILLIAM C. Left to right: William Henry Seward, Lincoln's Secretary of State; Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice President of the Confederate States of America; Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, served in the Confederate Cabinet and Senate; and Judah Philip Benjamin, who served in various capacities in the Confederate Cabinet. Davis and his confederates in despotic government." Richmond authorities "are usurpers in their present position, having no right whatever to stand between our government and the people of the insurgent States." Furthermore, according to that writer, "negotiation will mar the close of the war, and damage the future welfare of both sections of the country.... Lincoln believed that a free person, now including blacks, should be able to make his way in America through his own ability and effort without the assistance of the state. jala.press.uiuc.edu /21.1/harris.html   (11107 words)

History of the Memorial Carving on Stone Mountain, Georgia The carving consists of three figures on horseback: Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America; Robert E. Lee, General in Chief of the Confederate Armies; and Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Lieutenant General of the 2nd Corps. A booklet published by the Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association indicates that just as Borglum's carving was removed from the mountain, all recognition of his association with the project had been removed from their records. The first public proposal for creating the carving as a monument to the Confederacy was put forth by William H. Terrell in a letter to the Editor of the Atlanta Constitution published May 26, 1914. www.friendsofstonemountainpark.org /carving.html   (2596 words)

1812 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article February 11 - (Click link for more info and facts about Alexander Hamilton Stephens) Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice President of Confederate States of America (d. April 30 - (A state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War) Louisiana is admitted as the 18th (Click link for more info and facts about U.S. state) U.S. state. July 12 - (A native or inhabitant of the United States) Americans invade (A nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada) Canada at (Click link for more info and facts about Windsor, Ontario) Windsor, Ontario. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/1/18/1812.htm   (2596 words)

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