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1st Confederate States Congress

"First Confederate Congress" redirects here. For Provisional Congress, see Provisional Congress of the Confederate States.

1st Confederate States Congress
Equestrian portrait of Washington (after the statue which surmounts his monument in the capitol square, at Richmond,) surrounded with a wreath composed of the principal agricultural products of the Confederacy, (cotton, tobacco, sugar cane, corn, wheat and rice,) and having around its margin the words: "The Confederate States of America, twenty-second February, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," with the following motto: "Deo vindice"
Seal of the Confederate States
Logo
Flag of the Confederate States (1863–1865)
Type
Type
HousesSenate
House of Representatives
History
FoundedFebruary 18, 1862 (1862-02-18)
DisbandedFebruary 17, 1864 (1864-02-17)
Preceded byProvisional Congress
Succeeded by2nd
Leadership
Meeting place
Second Capitol of the Confederate States (1861-1865)
Virginia State Capitol
Richmond, Virginia
Confederate States of America
Constitution
Constitution of the Confederate States

The 1st Confederate States Congress, consisting of the Confederate States Senate and the Confederate States House of Representatives, convened between February 18, 1862, and February 17, 1864. This assembly took place during the first two years of Jefferson Davis's presidency, convening at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia.[1]

  1. ^ Historical Atlas ..., pp. 131-134
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