Presidents of the Confederacy

(Confederate States of America)

1861 to the present:
Term/Office:

President

1861-1868
1868-1870
1870-1874
1874-1880
1880-1886
1886-1892
1892
1892-1898
1898-1904
1904-1910
1910-Present

Jefferson Davis (Whig)

Robert E. Lee (Whig) (1)
Alexander Stephens (2); (3)
Robert M. T. Hunter (Whig)
James Longstreet (Whig)
Wade Hampton III (Whig) (4)
Earl Van Dorn (Whig) (5)
Thomas J. Semmes (Whig)
Jefferson Davis, Jr. (Whig)
Robert E. Lee, Jr. (Liberal)
Woodrow Wilson (Liberal)

(Political Party)

(1) Died while in office.

(2) Vice President of the CSA from 1861-1870 [under both Davis-1 and Lee-1], succeeded
Lee as President upon the formers death.
(3) No political party affiliation.
(4) Died while in office.
(5) Vice President of the CSA from 1886-1892 [under Wade Hampton III], succeeded as
President upon the formers death, completing the term. Failed to secure Whig Party
presidential nomination in his own right.