The 1st Confederate States Congress, consisting of the Confederate States Senate and the Confederate States House of Representatives, met from February 18, 1862, to February 17, 1864, during the first two years of Jefferson Davis's presidency, at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia. Sessions Held February 18, 1862, through February 17, 1864, at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia 1st Session – February 18, 1862 to April 21, 1862 2nd Session – August 18, 1862 to October 13, 1862 3rd Session – January 12, 1863 to May 1, 1863 4th Session – December 7, 1863 to February 17, 1864 Leadership Senate President: Alexander H. Stephens President pro tempore: R. M. T. Hunter House Speaker: Thomas S. Bocock Officers Senate Secretary: James H. Nash, South Carolina Assistant Secretary: Edward H. Stephens, Virginia Journal Clerk: C. T. Bruen, Virginia Recording Clerk: Henry H. Hubbard, Mossy Creek, Tennessee Sergeant-at-Arms: Lafayette H. Fitzhugh, Kentucky Doorkeeper: James Page, North Carolina Assistant Doorkeeper: John Wadsworth, Georgia House Clerk: Robert Emmett Dixon Sr., Georgia (died April 24, 1863) Albert Reese Lamar, Georgia — sessions 3 and 4 Assistant Clerk: James McDonald, Virginia Assistant Clerk: David Louis Dalton, Alabama — sessions 3 and 4 Doorkeeper: Robert Harrison Wynne, Alabama Members Senate Confederate States senators were elected by the state legislatures, or appointed by state governors to fill casual vacancies until the legislature elected a new senator. It was intended that one-third of the Senate would begin new six-year terms with each Congress after the first. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their terms. In this Congress, all senators were newly elected. Senators of Class 1 served a two-year term, expiring at the end of this Congress, requiring a new election for the 1864–1870 term. Class 2 senators served what was intended to be a four-year term, due to end on the expiry of the next Congress in 1866. Class 3 senators were meant to serve a six-year term, due to expire at the end of the Third Confederate Congress in 1868. As the Confederate Congress lasted less than four full years, the distinction between classes 2 and 3 was ultimately academic. The members of the classes were selected by the drawing of lots, which was done during the meeting of the Senate on February 21, 1862. Alabama 1. Clement Claiborne Clay 3. William Lowndes Yancey (died