This a List of Presidents of the Confederate States. 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 official position in the Confederate States 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. Since the inception of the nation, the C.S. Constitution states that the president can only be elected once to a single six year term.
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No. | President | Took office | Left office | Party | Vice President | Term | |
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1 | Jefferson Davis | February 9, 1861 | February 22, 1869 | Democratic | Alexander Stephens | ||
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2 | Alexander Stephens | February 22, 1869 | February 22, 1875 | Democratic | Louis T. Wigfall | 2 | |
3 | Robert M. T. Hunter | February 22, 1875 | February 22, 1881 | Democratic | Augustus H. Garland | 3 | |
4 | Augustus H. Garland | February 22, 1881 | February 22, 1887 | Democratic | William Smith | 4 | |
5 | File:220px-JamesLongstreet.jpg | James Longstreet | February 22, 1887 | February 22, 1891 | Whig | Fitzhugh Lee | 5 |
6 | Benjamin R. Tillman | February 22, 1891 | February 22, 1897 | Democratic | Lawrence Ross | 6 | |
7 | William Lee | February 22, 1897 | February 22, 1903 | Republican | George Atkinson | 7 | |
8 | James K. Vardaman | February 22, 1903 | February 22, 1909 | Democratic | Jeff Davis | 8 | |
9 | James P. Clark | February 22, 1909 | February 22, 1915 | Democratic | William H. Milton | 9 | |
10 | William J. Stone | February 22, 1915 | February 22, 1921 | Whig | William E. Chilton | 10 | |
11 | Key Pittman | February 22, 1921 | February 22, 1927 | Democratic | Duncan U. Fletcher | 11 | |
12 | Joseph T. Robinson | February 22, 1927 | February 22, 1933 | Democratic | Finis J. Garrett | 12 | |
13 | Huey Long | February 22, 1933 | February 22, 1939 | Democratic | John N. Garner | 13 | |
14 | Carl Hayden | February 22, 1939 | February 22, 1945 | Democratic | Carter Glass | 14 | |
15 | Alben W. Barkley | February 22, 1945 | February 22, 1951 | Democratic | George Marshall | 15 | |
16 | George Marshall | February 22, 1951 | February 22, 1957 | Whig | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 16 | |
17 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | February 22, 1957 | February 22, 1963 | Whig | William Revercomb | 17 | |
18 | Lyndon B. Johnson | February 22, 1963 | February 22, 1969 | Democratic | Robert Byrd | 18 | |
19 | Robert Byrd | February 22, 1969 | February 22, 1975 | Democratic | Jere Beasley | 19 | |
20 | George Wallace | February 22, 1969 | February 22, 1975 | Democratic | Strom Thurmond | 20 | |
21 | James E. Carter | February 22, 1975 | February 22, 1981 | Republican | Zell Miller | 21 | |
22 | Albert Gore, Sr. | February 22, 1981 | February 22, 1987 | Republican | George Busbee | 22 | |
23 | Zell Miller | February 22, 1987 | February 22, 1993 | Democratic | Bill Clinton | 23 | |
24 | Bill Clinton | February 22, 1993 | February 22, 1999 | Democratic | Al Gore, Jr. | 24 | |
25 | Al Gore, Jr. | February 22, 1999 | February 22, 2005 | Democratic | Mel Martinez | 25 | |
26 | Mel Martinez | February 22, 2005 | February 22, 2011 | Democratic | Marco Rubio | 26 | |
27 | Marco Rubio | February 22, 2011 | incumbent | Democratic | Rick Perry | 27 |