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Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury
Seal of the Confederate States
Longest serving Christopher Memminger February 21, 1861 – July 18, 1864
Confederate States Department of the Treasury
Style	Mr. Secretary
Status	Abolished
Member of	The Cabinet
Reports to	The President
Seat	Richmond, Virginia
Appointer	The President with Senate advice and consent
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	21 February 1861
First holder	Christopher Memminger
Final holder	John Henninger Reagan
Abolished	10 May 1865

The Confederate States secretary of the treasury was the head of the Confederate States Department of the Treasury. Three men served in this post throughout the Confederacy's brief existence from 1861 to 1865.

List of secretaries of the treasury

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term of office			Political party		Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Christopher Memminger (1803–1888)	February 21, 1861	July 18, 1864	3 years, 148 days		Democrat
2		George Trenholm (1807–1876)	July 18, 1864	April 27, 1865	283 days		Democrat
3		John Henninger Reagan (1818–1906)	April 27, 1865	May 10, 1865	13 days		Democrat

See also

• United States Secretary of the Treasury

References

v t e Cabinet of President Jefferson Davis (1861–1865)
Vice President	Alexander H. Stephens (1861–65)
Secretary of State	Robert Toombs (1861) Robert M. T. Hunter (1861–62) Judah P. Benjamin (1862–65)
Secretary of the Treasury	C. G. Memminger (1861–64) G. A. Trenholm (1864–65) John H. Reagan (1865)
Secretary of War	Leroy P. Walker (1861) Judah P. Benjamin (1861–62) George W. Randolph (1862) James A. Seddon (1862–65) John C. Breckinridge (1865)
Secretary of the Navy	Stephen R. Mallory (1861–65)
Postmaster-General	John H. Reagan (1861–65)
Attorney-General	Judah P. Benjamin (1861) Thomas Bragg (1861–62) Thomas H. Watts (1862–63) George Davis (1864–65)

• Lists of government ministers
• Government of the Confederate States of America
• Confederate States Department of the Treasury officials
• 1861 establishments in the Confederate States of America