The Cabinet Of The Confederate States At Montgomery
(From Harpers Weekly, 01 June 1861.)

(L-R) Judah Philip Benjamin, Stephen Russell Mallory, Christopher Gustavus Memminger, Alexander Hamilton Stephens,
Leroy Pope Walker, Jefferson Davis, John Henninger Reagan, & Robert Augustus Toombs.

     Of the faces which appear on this website's banner, most readily recognize the famous pre-war picture of Jefferson Davis (03 June 1808-06 December 1889) by the studio of Matthew B. Brady (1822-15 January 1896), but the other faces are less familiar. As this website is titled The Confederate War Department, the logo contains the images of all the Secretaries of War in the order in which they served. Since President Davis heavily influenced military decisions, he is in the center. As many are aware, Davis was also a Secretary of War for the administration of U.S. President Franklin Pierce (23 November 1804-08 October 1869) from 1853 to 1857. Thus, one could say that all are Secretaries of War. Below is a listing of the various departments and bureaus of the Confederacy's Executive Branch, with links to biographical sketches of many of the officers.

Confederate Cabinet And Executive Bureau Officers
(Dates signify period of service until resignation or capture.
If complete dates of service are unavailable, then date of appointment is listed.)

CODE KEY

A † denotes a change in rank.
A • denotes an ad interim (temporary) appointment.

PRESIDENT

Jefferson Davis
(18 February 1861-10 May 1865)

PRESIDENTIAL AIDES (Aides de Camp)

Col. Joseph Robert Davis
(31 August 1861-26 September 1862)
Col. George Washington Custis Lee†
(31 August 1861-18 January 1865)
†(Promoted: Brig. Gen., 25 June 1863;
Maj. Gen., 20 October 1864.)
Col. Joseph Christmas Ives
(19 April 1862-April 1865)
Col. William Preston Johnston
(19 April 1862-10 May 1865)
Col. William Montague Browne
(19 April 1862-April 1865)
Col. John Taylor Wood
(09 February 1863-10 May 1865)
Col. James Chesnut, Jr.
(19 April 1862-23 April 1864)
Col. Francis Richard Lubbock
(14 June 1864-10 May 1865)

PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARY

Robert Josselyn
(20 February 1861-17 March 1862)
Burton Norvell Harrison
(17 March 1862-10 May 1865)

VICE-PRESIDENT

Alexander Hamilton Stephens
(11 February 1861-11 May 1865)

Department Of State

SECRETARY OF STATE

Robert Augustus Toombs
(21 February 1861-24 July 1861)
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter
(25 July 1861-01 February 1862)
William Montague Browne•
(01 February 1862-17 March 1862)
Judah Philip Benjamin
(18 March 1862-03 May 1865)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE

William Montague Browne
(21 March 1862-19 April 1862)

Department Of Justice

ATTORNEY GENERAL

Judah Philip Benjamin
(25 February 1861-17 September 1861)
Wade Rutledge Keyes•
(17 September 1861-21 November 1861)
Thomas Bragg, Jr.
(21 November 1861-17 March 1862)
Thomas Hill Watts
(18 March 1862-01 October 1863)
Wade Rutledge Keyes•
(01 October 1863-02 January 1864)
George Davis
(02 January 1864-24 April 1865)

ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL

Wade Rutledge Keyes*
(29 April 1861-April 1865)
*(Except terms served as Attorney General Ad Interim.)

COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS

Rufus Randolph Rhodes
(21 May 1861-April 1865)

Treasury Department

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Christopher Gustavus Memminger
(21 February 1861-18 July 1864)
George Alfred Trenholm*
(18 July 1864-27 April 1865)
*(Acting until confirmed by Congress, 22 November 1864.)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Philip Clayton
(Appointed: 02 April 1862.)
William Wood Crump
(Appointed: 19 May 1864.)

COMPTROLLER AND SOLICITOR

Lewis Cruger

FIRST AUDITOR

Bolling Baker
(Appointed: 16 March 1861.)

SECOND AUDITOR

W.H.S. Taylor

THIRD AUDITOR

James William Monroe Harris
(Appointed: 20 January 1864.)

REGISTER

Alexander Baron Clitherall
(16 March 1861-13 August 1861)
Robert Tyler
(Appointed: 13 August 1861.)

TREASURER

Edward Carrington Elmore
(Appointed: 06 March 1861.)

War Department

SECRETARY OF WAR

Leroy Pope Walker
(21 February 1861-16 September 1861)
Judah Philip Benjamin*
(17 September 1861-23 March 1862)
*(Acting until confirmed by Congress, 21 November 1861.
Served again temporarily, 18 March 1862-23 March 1862.)
George Wythe Randolph
(24 March 1862-17 November 1862)
Gustavus Woodson Smith•
(17 November 1862-21 November 1862)
James Alexander Seddon*
(21 November 1862-06 February 1865)
*(Acting until confirmed by Congress, 19 January 1863.)
John Cabell Breckinridge
(06 February 1865-05 May 1865)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF WAR

Albert Taylor Bledsoe
(02 April 1862-01 October 1862)
John Archibald Campbell
(21 October 1862-April 1865)

ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL

Brig. Gen. Samuel Cooper†
(16 March 1861-05 May 1865)
†(Promoted: Gen., 16 May 1861.)

COMMISSARY GENERAL

Col. Lucius Bellinger Northrop*
(27 March 1861-15 February 1865)
*(Acting until confirmed by Congress, 12 February 1862.)
Brig. Gen. Isaac Munroe St. John
(16 February 1865-05 May 1865)

QUARTERMASTER GENERAL

Lt. Col. Abraham Charles Myers†
(25 March 1861-07 August 1863)
†(Promoted: Col., 15 February 1862.)
Brig. Gen. Alexander Robert Lawton
(10 August 1863-05 May 1865)

SURGEON GENERAL

Col. Samuel Preston Moore
(Appointed: 16 March 1861.)

CHIEF OF BUREAU OF CONSCRIPTION

Brig. Gen. Gabriel Rains
(16 December 1862-24 May 1863)
Brig. Gen. Charles William Field
(25 May 1863-30 July 1863)
Col. John Smith Preston†
(30 July 1863-17 March 1865)
†(Promoted: Brig. Gen., 10 June 1864.)

CHIEF OF ENGINEER BUREAU

Maj. Josiah Gorgas•
(08 April 1861-03 August 1861)
Maj. Danville Leadbetter•
(03 August 1861-10 November 1861)
Capt. Alfred Landon Rives•
(13 November 1861-24 September 1862)
Lt. Col. Jeremy Francis Gilmer†
(25 September 1862-17 August 1863)
†(Promoted: Col., 04 October 1862.)
Lt. Col. Alfred Landon Rives•
(18 August 1863-09 March 1864)
Maj. Gen. Martin Luther Smith
(09 March 1864-April 1864)
Col. Alfred Landon Rives•
(April 1864-June 1864)
Maj. Gen. Jeremy Francis Gilmer
(June 1864-April 1865)

CHIEF OF BUREAU OF EXCHANGE

Col. Robert Ould
(22 July 1862-09 April 1865)

CHIEF OF BUREAU OF FOREIGN SUPPLIES

Lt. Col. Thomas Livingston Bayne
(19 February 1864-26 April 1865)

CHIEF OF NITER AND MINING BUREAU

Lt. Col. Isaac Munroe St. John†
(28 May 1863-16 February 1865)
†(Promoted: Col., 15 June 1864.)
Col. Richard Morton
(22 February 1865-April 1865)

CHIEF OF ORDNANCE

Maj. Josiah Gorgas†
(08 April 1861-26 April 1865)
†(Promoted: Lt. Col., 27 August 1861;
Brig. Gen., 10 November 1864.)

CHIEF OF BUREAU OF WAR

Col. Robert Garlick Hill Kean
(02 April 1862-26 April 1865)

Navy Department

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

Stephen Russell Mallory
(04 March 1861-05 May 1865)

CHIEF OF BUREAU OF ORDERS AND DETAIL

Capt. French Forrest
Commander John Kirkwood Mitchell

CHIEF OF BUREAU OF ORDNANCE AND HYDROGRAPHY

Commander John Mercer Brooke

Post Office Department

POSTMASTER GENERAL

John Henninger Reagan
(06 March 1861-05 May 1865)

CHIEF OF BUREAU OF APPOINTMENT

Benjamin N. Clements
(Appointed: 19 April 1862.)

CHIEF OF CONTRACT BUREAU

Henry St. George Offutt
(Appointed: 19 April 1862.)

CHIEF OF FINANCE BUREAU

John L. Harrell
(Appointed: 19 April 1862.)