Provisional Confederate Congress

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Provisional_Confederate_Congress
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:legislative_body
gptkbp:country gptkb:Confederate_States_of_America
gptkbp:dissolved 1862-02-17
gptkbp:endDate 1862-02-17
gptkbp:establishedIn drafting a constitution and organizing the Confederate government
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:First_Confederate_Congress
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Confederate_States_of_America
gptkbp:location gptkb:Montgomery,_Alabama
gptkb:Richmond,_Virginia
gptkbp:metDuring gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:notableAction adopted the Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States
admitted additional states to the Confederacy
authorized the formation of the Confederate Army
elected Jefferson Davis as provisional president
gptkbp:numberOfMembers 50
gptkbp:precededBy none
gptkbp:presidingOfficerTitle gptkb:Howell_Cobb
gptkbp:startDate 1861-02-04
gptkbp:type unicameral
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Confederate_Congress
gptkb:Confederate_States_Congress
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Provisional Confederate Congress