The 2nd Confederate States Congress, consisting of the Confederate States Senate and the Confederate States House of Representatives, met from May 2, 1864, to March 18, 1865, during the last year of Jefferson Davis's presidency, at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia; the Confederacy's government effectively dissolved 16 days later, when it fled Richmond on April 3, 1865. Its members were elected in the 1863 congressional elections. Sessions Held May 2, 1864, through March 18, 1865, at the Virginia State Capital in Richmond, Virginia. The term of the Second Congress was due to end on February 18, 1866. However, due to the defeat and dissolution of the Confederacy prior to that time, the Congress did not function after the end of its second and final session. 1st Session – May 2, 1864 to June 14, 1864 2nd Session – November 7, 1864 to March 18, 1865 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 Recording Clerk: John W. Anderson, Alabama Sergeant-at-Arms: Lafayette H. Fitzhugh, Kentucky Doorkeeper: James Page, North Carolina Assistant Doorkeeper: John Wadsworth, Georgia House Clerk: Albert Reese Lamar, Georgia Assistant Clerk: David Louis Dalton, Alabama — sessions 3 and 4 Doorkeeper: Robert Harrison Wynne, Alabama Members Senate X: served in the Senate of the First Congress (i.e. reelected or continued in office for this Second Congress). 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. Senators of Class 1 were intended to serve a six-year term, starting with this Congress and expiring in 1870. Class 2 senators served what was intended to be a four-year term, due to end on the expiry of this Congress in 1866. Class 3 senators were meant to serve a six-year term, due to expire in 1868. Alabama 3. Robert Jemison, Jr. X 1. Richard Wilde Walker Arkansas 1. Robert Ward Johnson X 3. Charles Burton Mitchel X (died September 20, 1864) Augustus Hill Garland (took his seat on November 8, 1864 – Appointed to fill vacancy) Florida 1. James McNair