The President of the Confederate States is the head of state and the head of government of the Confederate States. The president is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate States armed forces. The president is indirectly elected by an Electoral College and limited to a single seven-year term. No one who has held the post is allowed to run or serve as the President of the Confederate States again.
List of Presidents of the Confederate States[]
Non-partisan
Pro-Administration Party
Anti-Administration Party
Redeemer Party
Whig Party
New Whig Party
National Reform Party
Progressive Citizens' Party
Democratic Nationalist Party
National Party
No. | President | Took office | Left office | Party | Vice President | |
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1 | Robert Toombs (1810–1885) |
February 9, 1861 | February 1, 1867 | No party | Alexander H. Stephens | |
2 | Jefferson Davis (1807–1889) |
February 1, 1867 | January 12, 1874 | No party | John H. Reagan | |
3 | Simon B. Buckner (1823–1914) |
January 12, 1874 | February 1, 1888 | No party | James Longstreet | |
4 | Frederick W. M. Holliday (1828–1899) |
February 1, 1888 | February 1, 1895 | Pro-Administration | Augustus H. Garland | |
5 | William B. Bate (1826–1905) |
February 1, 1895 | February 1, 1902 | Anti-Administration | Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry | |
6 | James S. Hogg (1851–1912) |
February 1, 1902 | February 1, 1909 | Whig | George S. Patton | |
7 | George S. Patton (1856–1927) |
February 1, 1909 | February 1, 1916 | Redeemer | Park Trammell | |
8 | Woodrow Wilson (1856–1926) |
February 1, 1916 | February 1, 1923 | Whig | Kenneth McKellar | |
9 | Joseph W. Bailey (1862–1929) |
February 1, 1923 | April 13, 1929 D | Redeemer | Furnifold M. Simmons | |
10 | Furnifold M. Simmons (1854–1940) |
April 13, 1929 | February 1, 1937 | Redeemer | vacant | |
Coleman L. Blease | ||||||
11 | Huey P. Long (1893–1959) |
February 1, 1937 | February 1, 1944 | Whig | Augustus Owsley Stanley | |
12 | Hugo L. Black (1886–1971) |
February 1, 1944 | February 1, 1951 | Whig | Earl K. Long | |
13 | Earl K. Long (1895–1960) |
February 1, 1951 | February 1, 1958 | Whig | Harry F. Byrd, Jr. | |
14 | James William Fulbright (1905–1995) |
February 1, 1958 | February 1, 1965 | Whig | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
15 | Strom Thurmond (1902–2003) |
February 1, 1965 | February 1, 1972 | Redeemer | Richard Russell Jr. | |
vacant | ||||||
16 | Harry F. Byrd Jr. (1914–2013) |
February 1, 1972 | February 1, 1979 | Redeemer | Mills E. Godwin | |
17 | Fritz Hollings (1922–2019) |
February 1, 1979 | February 1, 1986 | Redeemer | Jesse Helms | |
18 | Jimmy Carter (1924–) |
February 1, 1986 | February 1, 1993 | New Whig (in fusion with National Reform) |
Bob Graham | |
19 | Bill Clinton (1946–) |
February 1, 1993 | February 1, 2000 | National Reform (in fusion with Democratic Nationalist, Progressive Citizens and Labor) |
Reubin Askew | |
20 | Al Gore (1948–) |
February 1, 2000 | February 1, 2007 | Democratic Nationalist (in fusion with New Whig) |
Condoleeza Rice | |
21 | Bill Nelson (1942–) |
February 1, 2007 | February 1, 2014 | New Whig (in fusion with Democratic Nationalist and National Reform) |
Jack Carter | |
22 | Rick Perry (1950–) |
February 1, 2014 | February 1, 2021 | National (in fusion with Heritage and United Redeemer) |
Jim Gilmore | |
23 | Anthony G. Brown (1961–) |
February 1, 2021 | Incumbent | National Reform (in fusion with Progressive Citizens, Democratic Nationalist, True Whig and Labor) |
Beto O'Rourke |
Notes[]
- D Died in office of natural causes.