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.
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | ||||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
1 | Christopher Memminger | February 21, 1861 | July 18, 1864 | Democrat | |||||
2 | George Trenholm | July 18, 1864 | April 27, 1865 | Democrat | |||||
3 | John Henninger Reagan | April 27, 1865 | May 10, 1865 | Democrat |