Confederate States Congress

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Confederate_States_Congress
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:legislative_body
gptkbp:authority gptkb:Constitution_of_the_Confederate_States
gptkbp:country gptkb:Confederate_States_of_America
gptkbp:disbanded 1865
gptkbp:dissolved May 10, 1865
gptkbp:established 1861
gptkbp:firstSession February 18, 1862
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Confederate States Congress
gptkbp:lastSession March 18, 1865
gptkbp:legislature 1862–1865
gptkbp:location gptkb:Richmond,_Virginia
gptkbp:lowerAward gptkb:Confederate_States_House_of_Representatives
gptkbp:members varied by state and house
gptkbp:metDuring gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Alexander_H._Stephens
gptkb:Robert_M._T._Hunter
gptkb:Thomas_S._Bocock
gptkbp:numberOfFloors 2
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:passesThrough gptkb:Conscription_Act
gptkb:Impressment_Act
gptkb:Tax-in-Kind_Act
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Provisional_Confederate_Congress
gptkbp:successor none
gptkbp:type bicameral
gptkbp:upperHouse gptkb:Confederate_States_Senate
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:President_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5