Confederate Congress, North Carolina Members of
A total of 34 delegates from North Carolina served in the Confederate Congress: 29 in the House of Representatives and 5 in the Senate. The following table lists the delegates and the three terms of the Congress in which they served.
| Provisional Congress (4 Feb. 1861 to 17 Feb. 1862) | |
| Francis B. Craige | Richard C. Puryear |
| Allen T. Davidson | Thomas Ruffin |
| George Davis | William N. H. Smith |
| Thomas D. S. McDowell | Abraham W. Venable |
| John M. Morehead | |
| First Congress (18 Feb. 1862 to 17 Feb. 1864) | |
| SENATORS | Allen T. Davidson |
| George Davis | Burgess S. Gaither |
| William T. Dortch | Owen R. Kenan |
| Edwin G. Reade | William Lander |
| REPRESENTATIVES | Thomas D. S. McDowell |
| Archibald H. Arrington | James R. McLean |
| Thomas S. Ashe | William N. H. Smith |
| Robert R. Bridgers | |
| Second Congress (2 May 1864 to 18 Mar. 1865) | |
| SENATORS | REPRESENTATIVES |
| William T. Dortch | Robert R. Bridgers |
| William A. Graham | Thomas C. Fuller |
| Burgess S. Gaither | George W. Logan |
| John A. Gilmer | James G. Ramsey |
| James M. Leach | William N. H. Smith |
| James T. Leach | Josiah Turner Jr. |
References:
Thomas B. Alexander and Richard E. Beringer, The Anatomy of the Confederate Congress (1972).
Ezra J. Warner and W. Buck Yearns, Biographical Register of the Confederate Congress (1975).
Image credit:
"North Carolina Senators and Representatives in the Confederate Congress, 1861-1865." Photographic print. View larger. Neg. 77-1227. FFP3. North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries. Online at http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/pcoll/civilwar/77-1227lg.JPG.
1 January 2006 | Auman, William T.
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