List of Confederate States senators explained

The Confederate Senate was the upper house of the Congress of the Confederate States of America. Its members were, like those of the United States Senate, elected for six year terms by the state legislature of each state, with each state having two senators. The Confederate Senate met only between 1862 and 1865.In addition to the eleven states that made up the Confederacy, representatives were also seated from Kentucky and Missouri.

Members of the Confederate Senate were divided into classes by lot on February 21, 1862 as follows:

Alabama

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Class 1

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Clement Claiborne Clay1862–1864
Richard Wilde Walker1864–1865
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Class 3

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William Lowndes Yancey1862–1863
Robert Jemison Jr.1863–1865

Arkansas

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Class 1

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Class 3

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Charles Burton Mitchel1862–1864
Augustus Hill Garland1864–1865

Florida

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Class 1

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Class 2

Georgia

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Class 1

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John Wood Lewis
1862–1863
Herschel Vespasian Johnson1863–1865
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Class 3

Kentucky

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Class 1

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Class 3

Louisiana

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Class 2

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Class 3

Mississippi

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Class 1

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James Phelan Sr.1862–1864
John William Clark Watson1864–1865
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Class 2

Missouri

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Class 1

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John Bullock Clark1862–1864
George Graham Vest1865–1865
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Class 2

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Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton1862–1863
Waldo Porter Johnson1863–1865

North Carolina

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Class 1

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George Davis1862–1864
Edwin Godwin Reade1864–1864
William Alexander Graham1864–1865
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Class 2

South Carolina

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Class 2

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Class 3

Tennessee

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Class 2

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Class 3

Texas

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Class 2

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Class 3

Virginia

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Class 2

ImageNameTerm
1862–1862
Allen Taylor Caperton1863–1865
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Class 3