The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-08

North CaYoiinian. was Secretary OF
the Senate, william r. King, a North
Carolinian. was President pro tenn OF
the Senate; James K. Polk. a North
Carolinian. was Speaker of the House
Of Representatives, and Andrew jack
son. a North Carolinian, was Prssl-
dent Of the United States.
Confederate States Congress.
The Provisional Congress of the
Confederate States held five sessions.
The first two, February 4, 1S61-March
Is. 1861. and April %, 1861-May u,
1861. were held at Montgomery, Ala.
The other three were held at Rich
mond, from July 20, 1861, to Feb
ruary II. 1862. To his Congress,
tives. as follows: George Davis. Of
New Hanover; w. w. Avery, of
Burke; w. \ H. Smith, Of Hert-
ford; A. W. Nenable, Of Granville;
j. NJ. Morehead, OF Guilford; r. {.
Puryear, Of Surry, and A. I. David
SON., of Cherokee, Who qualified, july
20, 1861. and Thomas D. Mcdowell,
of Bladen who qualified July %,
1861; Burton Craige. of Rowan, who
qualified July %, 1861, and Thomas
Ruffn, Of Wayne, who qualified July
%, 1861.
Two Congresses as organized under
the permanent Constitution of-the
Confederate States We're held. The
first session of the First Congress was
held at Richmond from February IS.
1862, to April p, 1852; the second
session from August Is, 1852, to Octo-
Der 10, 1862; the third session from
January Il. 1863, to May l, 1868; the
fourth session from December I, 1858,
to February Il, 1854. To the First
Congress North Carolina sent as Sen
ators George Davis, Of New Hanover,
.Hh = 0pa1;fa1 ENahr1,ary 2 1872 Will
liam T. Dortch. of Wayne, who quail
fled February IS, 1852, and Edwin
G.. Reade, of Person. who qualified
January % 1864. George Davis re-
signed in January, 1854, to become
Attorney-General in President Davis
ly offering the appointment to Will
liam A. Graham and David L.. Swain,
appointed Edwin G.. Reade.
The following were members Of the
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House of Representatives from North
Carolina in the first Confederate Con-
gress: r. r. Bridgers, Of Edgecombe;
Owen r. Kenan, Of Duplin; Thomas
D. Mcdowell, Of Baden; Thomas S.
Ashe, of Arson; J. r. Mclean; Will
liam London; B. S. Gather, of
Burke: A. T. Davidson, of Cherokee,
all of whom qualified February 10,
1862, and Archibald H. Arlington, Of
Nash, who qualified February 20,
1852.
The Second Confederate Congress
held only two sessions; first session,
May 2, 1854, to June IA, 1864; sec
ond session. November Z, 1864, to
March 1S, 1854.
wv. 7. Dortch; of Wayne, and Will
liam A. Graham, Of Orange. were
the Senator's. Dortch held over from
the First Congress-. Graham defeated
Reade, and took his seat November
Z, 1864.
The following members of the First
Congress were reelected to the Sec
ond: w. N. H. Smith, B.. s.. Gather
and r. r. Bridgers. The following
were new members: James T. Leach,
Josiah Turner, Jr., John A. Gilmer,
James M. Leach, George w. Logan,
J.. G. Ramsey and Thomas c. Fuller.
The following members of the Con-
federate Congress from North Caro-
lima had also served in the Congress
of the United States: W. N. H. Smith,
A. w. Venable, Burton Craige. Thomas
Ruffin, Edwin G.. Reade, Thomas S.
Ashe, A.. H. Arlington and William
A. Graham.