The problem with the cabinet of Confederate President Jefferson Davis was its instability and turnover. Over the length of the US Civil War, Jefferson Davis had six secretaries of war, five attorney generals, and four secretaries of state. Within a four year time span, this is a number of different secretaries which were never in office long enough to help Davis.
Confederate President Jefferson Davis held a cabinet meeting on April 13, 1865. At that meeting the cabinet and Davis agreed that it was time to negotiate with Union General Sherman to agree to surrender terms.
Davis urged national unity to secure independence, while his Cabinet stressed "states rights."
Davis urged national unity to secure independence, while his Cabinet stressed "states rights."
Davis urged national unity to secure independence, while his Cabinet stressed "states rights."
He was out of his depth, unable to control his cabinet or his Generals.
When Lincoln was US President, Jefferson Davis was President of the Confederate States of America, fighting the Union in the Civil War
Jefferson Davis was indeed the president of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederacy.
Jefferson Davis
Actually two members of Jefferson Davis' cabinet helped him formulate the new conscription laws. His help began with Judah Benjamin, followed by General Randolph.
The Confederate Secretary of State was Robert Toombs. He was a native of Georgia and a man with common sense. He pleaded with President Jefferson Davis to not attack Fort Sumter. He warned Davis and the Confederate cabinet that an attack on the fort at this time was "suicide". His exact words also were that " ( the attack ) was wrong and unnecessary... it was wrong and it was fatal". Davis' cabinet confirmed his orders to assault on Fort Sumter. The rest is history.
Jefferson Davis John Tyler, the tenth president of the United States was the first and only former US president to serve as an official in the Confederate States government. He was a congressman in the Confederate House of Representatives.