Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury explained

Post:Confederate States Secretary
Body:the Treasury
Insignia:Seal of the Confederate States.svg
Insigniacaption:Seal of the Confederate States
Department:Confederate States Department of the Treasury
Style:Mr. Secretary
Status:Abolished
Member Of:The Cabinet
Reports To:The President
Seat:Richmond, Virginia
Appointer:The President
Appointer Qualified:with Senate advice and consent
Termlength:No fixed term
Formation:21 February 1861
First:Christopher Memminger
Last:John Henninger Reagan
Abolished:10 May 1865

The Confederate States secretary of the treasury was the head of the Confederate States Department of the Treasury. Three men served in this post throughout the Confederacy's brief existence from 1861 to 1865.

List of secretaries of the treasury

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical party
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1Christopher Memminger
February 21, 1861July 18, 1864Democrat
2George Trenholm
July 18, 1864April 27, 1865Democrat
3John Henninger Reagan
April 27, 1865May 10, 1865Democrat

See also