predecessor successor death_date birth_place president death_place religion party office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name alma_mater
judah benjamin james seddon 3 april 1867 charlottesville , virginia , u.s. jefferson davis charlottesville , virginia , u.s. episcopal democratic confederate states secretary of war 10 march 1818 march 24 , 1862 george wythe randolph 1.jpg george w. randolph
 november 15 , 1862 george randolph university of virginia
george w. randolph

george wythe randolph -lrb- march 10 , 1818 -- april 3 , 1867 -rrb- was a lawyer , planter , and confederate general .
he served for eight months in 1862 as the confederate states secretary of war during the american civil war , when he reformed procurement , wrote the conscription law , and strengthened western defenses .
he was president thomas jefferson 's youngest grandson by his daughter martha jefferson randolph .
