The 2nd Confederate States Congress, consisting of the Confederate States Senate and the Confederate States House of Representatives, met from May 2, 1864, to March 18, 1865, during the last year of Jefferson Davis's presidency, at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia; the Confederacy's government effectively dissolved 16 days later, when it fled Richmond on April 3, 1865. Its members were elected in the 1863 congressional elections.

Sessions

Held May 2, 1864, through March 18, 1865, at the Virginia State Capital in Richmond, Virginia. The term of the Second Congress was due to end on February 18, 1866. However, due to the defeat and dissolution of the Confederacy prior to that time, the Congress did not function after the end of its second and final session.

Leadership

Senate

House

Officers

Senate

House

Members

Senate

X: served in the Senate of the First Congress (i.e. reelected or continued in office for this Second Congress). Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers. X: reelected Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia

Delegates

Non-voting members of the House of Representatives. Arizona Territory Cherokee Nation Creek and Seminole Nations

Senate committees

Accounts Claims Commerce Engrossment and Enrollment Finance Foreign Relations Indian Affairs Judiciary Military Affairs Naval Affairs Patents Post Offices and Post Roads Printing Public Buildings Public Lands Rules Territories

House committees

Accounts Claims Commerce Elections Enrolled Bills Flag and Seal Foreign Affairs Indian Affairs Judiciary Medical Department Military Affairs Naval Affairs Ordnance and Ordnance Stores Patents Pay and Mileage Post Offices and Post Roads Printing Public Buildings Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation Rules and Officers of the House Territories and Public Lands Ways and Means

Joint committees

Impressments (Session 1)