Charles Magill Conrad Explained

Charles Conrad
Office:Member of the C.S. House of Representatives
from Louisiana's 2nd district
Term Start:February 18, 1862
Term End:March 18, 1865
Predecessor:Constituency established
Successor:Constituency abolished
Office1:United States Secretary of State
President1:Millard Fillmore
Term Start1:October 25, 1852
Term End1:November 5, 1852
Predecessor1:Daniel Webster
Successor1:Edward Everett
Office2:22nd United States Secretary of War
President2:Millard Fillmore
Term Start2:August 15, 1850
Term End2:March 7, 1853
Predecessor2:George W. Crawford
Successor2:Jefferson Davis
State3:Louisiana
Term Start3:March 4, 1849
Term End3:August 17, 1850
Predecessor3:Bannon Thibodeaux
Successor3:Henry Bullard
Jr/Sr4:United States Senator
State4:Louisiana
Term Start4:April 14, 1842
Term End4:March 3, 1843
Appointer4:Andre B. Roman
Predecessor4:Alexandre Mouton
Successor4:Alexander Porter
Birth Name:Charles Magill Conrad
Birth Date:24 December 1804
Birth Place:Winchester, Virginia, U.S.
Death Place:New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Party:Whig

Charles Magill Conrad (December 24, 1804 – February 11, 1878) was a Louisiana politician who served in the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, and Confederate Congress. He was Secretary of War under President Millard Fillmore and, briefly, Franklin Pierce, from 1850 until 1853. Conrad also briefly acted as the United States Secretary of State following the tenure of Daniel Webster.

Biography

Charles Magill Conrad was born in Winchester, Virginia, in 1804, moved to Mississippi with his family as a boy, and later moved to Louisiana. He was educated under a Dr. Huld in New Orleans. He was appointed to the U.S. Senate in April 1842 to fill the unexpired term of Alexandre Mouton, serving to March 1843, and was defeated for reelection in his own right. He later served in the House of Representatives from 1849 to 1850, resigning to accept appointment as Secretary of War in Fillmore's cabinet. Conrad remained in charge of the War Department from August 15, 1850, to March 7, 1853. He was a leader of the secession movement in Louisiana in December 1860. During the American Civil War, under the Confederate States of America, he served as a delegate to the Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States as a member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, and as a representative from Louisiana to the Confederate Congress, 1862–1864. Following the war, he resumed the practice of law. He died in New Orleans in 1878.

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