Southern Congress.
This body, composed of Deputies elected by the Conventions of the Seceding States, met at Montgomery, Alabama, February 4th, 1861, to organize a Southern Confederacy. Each State had a representation equal to the number of members of the Thirty-sixth Congress. The members were:
South Carolina.
- Robert W. Barnwell, Ex-U. S. Senator.
- R. Barnwell Rhett, „ „ „
- James Chestnut, jr., „ „ „
- Lawrence M. Keitt, Ex-M. C.
- William W. Boyce, „ „
- Wm. Porcher Miles, „ „
- C. G. Memminger.
- Thomas J. Withers.
Alabama.
- W. P. Chilton.
- Stephen F. Hale.
- David P. Lewis.
- Thomas Fearn.
- Richard W. Walker.
- Robert H. Smith.
- Colin J. McRae.
- John Gill Shorter.
- J. L. M. Curry, Ex-M. C.
Florida.
- J. Patten Anderson, Ex-Delegate from Washington Territory.
- Jackson Morton, Ex-U. S. Senator.
- James Powers.
Mississippi.
- W. S. Wilson.
- Wiley P. Harris, Ex-M. C.
- James T. Harrison.
- Walter Brooke, Ex-U. S. Senator.
- William S. Barry, Ex-M. C.
- A. M. Clayton.
Georgia.
- Robert Toombs, Ex-U. S. Senator.
- Howell Cobb, Ex-M. C.
- Martin J. Crawford, „ „
- Augustus R. Wright, „ „
- Augustus H. Keenan.
- Benjamin H. Hill.
- Francis S. Bartow.
- E. A. Nisbet.
- Thomas R. R. Cobb.
- Alexander H. Stephens, Ex-M. C.
Louisiana.
- Duncan F. Kenner.
- Charles M. Conrad, Ex-U. S. Senator.
- Henry Marshall.
- John Perkins, jr.
- G. E. Sparrow.
- E. De Clouet.
Texas.
(Admitted March 2d, 1861.)
- Louis T. Wigfall, Ex-U. S. Senator.
- John Hemphill, „ „ „
- John H. Reagan, Ex-M. C.
- T. N. Waul.
- John Gregg.
- W. S. Oldham.
- W. B. Ochiltree.