List of Presidents of the Confederate States (Puget Sound-1)

The President of the Confederate States is the head of state and the head of government of the Confederate States. As chief of the executive branch and head of the federal government as a whole, the presidency is the highest political office in the Confederacy by influence and recognition. The president is also the Commander-in-Chief of the C.S. armed forces. The president is indirectly elected to a six-year term by an Electoral College.

Office

According to the Confederate States Constitution, The President is to be:

• chosen by an electoral college from each state in the Confederacy. Each state is granted as many electors as they have members in the Confederate Congress (senators and representatives).
• elected jointly with a Vice Presidential running mate (but the President and VP can not be citizens of the same state)
• either a born citizen of the Confederacy or a citizen of the United States born prior to December 20, 1860 and to have "been 14 years a resident within the limits of the Confederate States, as they may exist at the time of his election."
• at least 35 years of age

Differences

There are a few key differences between the Confederate President and the United States President:

• Unlike the United States, which allowed for indefinite re-election (until the passage of the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1951) of both the President and Vice President after a four-year term, the Confederacy limits both offices to only one six-year term.

Confederate Presidents

  Non-partisan/Independent

  Democratic Party

  Whig Party

  Confederalist Party

  Liberal Party

  Libertarian Party

No.	President		Took office	Left office	Party	Vice President	Term
1		Jefferson Davis	February 22, 1862	February 22, 1868	Democratic	Alexander Stephens	1
2		Alexander Stephens	February 22, 1868	February 22, 1874	Democratic	Christopher Memminger	2
3		Robert E. Lee	February 22, 1874	February 22, 1880	Whig	Judah P. Benjamin	3
4		Judah P. Benjamin	February 22, 1880	May 6, 1885 D	Whig	James Longstreet	4
5		James Longstreet	May 6, 1885	February 22, 1892	Whig	vacant
						Augustus Hill Garland	5
6		Benjamin Tillman	February 22, 1892	February 22, 1898	Democratic	John McEnery	6
7		W.H.F. Lee	February 22, 1898	February 22, 1904	Whig	Thomas Goode Jones	7
8		Furnifold Simmons	February 22, 1904	February 22, 1910	Democratic	Carter Glass	8
9		Carter Glass	February 22, 1910	February 22, 1916	Democratic	James P. ClarkeD	9
						vacant
10		Jacob M. Dickinson	February 22, 1916	February 22, 1922	Whig	Lee S. Overman	10
11		Joseph T. Robinson	February 22, 1922	February 22, 1928	Democratic	?	11
12		James F. Byrnes	February 22, 1928	February 22, 1934	Whig	?	12
13		Huey Long	February 22, 1934	February 22, 1940	Democratic	John N. Garner	13
14		John N. Garner	February 22, 1940	February 22, 1946	Democratic	Cordell Hull	14
15		Cordell Hull	February 22, 1946	February 22, 1952	Democratic	Dwight D. Eisenhower	15
16		George Marshall	February 22, 1952	February 22, 1958	Whig	Chester W. Nimitz	16
17		Robert E. Howard	February 22, 1958	February 22, 1964	Democratic	Estes Kefauver	17
18		Lyndon B. Johnson	February 22, 1964	February 22, 1970	Liberal	Robert Byrd	18
19		Robert Byrd	February 22, 1970	February 22, 1976	Liberal	Lloyd Bentsen	19
20		George Wallace	February 22, 1976	February 22, 1982	Confederalist	Lester Maddox	20
21		Boone Pickens	February 22, 1982	February 22, 1988	Independent	Bill Clements	21
22		Bart Starr	February 22, 1988	February 22, 1994	Confederalist	Pat Buchanan	22
23		Bob Barr	February 22, 1994	February 22, 2000	Libertarian	Ron Paul	23
24		John Edwards	February 22, 2000	February 22, 2006	Liberal	Stephen Colbert	24
25		Stephen Colbert	February 22, 2006	Incumbent	Liberal	Jeff Foxworthy	25

Notes

• ^D Died in office of natural causes.