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Vice President of the Confederate States of America

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537: 42: 198:) along with the president. Electors had to cast one of their votes for someone not from their State. If no candidate won a majority in the Electoral College, the Confederate Senate would elect the vice president from the top two vote-getters. Like the president, the vice president had to be a natural-born citizen of the Confederacy or a natural-born citizen of the U.S. born prior to December 20, 1860, and a resident in the Confederacy for over 14 years. 266: 58: 460: 214:
During his tenure in office, Stephens grew increasingly distant from Davis and spent less and less time in Richmond, the Confederate capital. He eventually spent much of his time trying, without success, to maintain diplomatic channels with the U.S. and pushed for a negotiated end to the war. He was
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The major difference between the U.S. and the C.S. vice presidencies was that the Confederate term in office was six years long. The president was explicitly forbidden from running for a second term by the constitution, but the vice president was not. It was unclear whether or not a vice president,
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The vice president's primary duty was presiding over the Confederate Senate and breaking tied votes, as the U.S. vice president presides and breaks ties in the U.S. Senate. He was also the first person in the line of succession. If the president died, resigned, or was removed from office, the vice
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from February 18, 1861, until the dissolution of the Confederacy on May 5, 1865. Having first been elected by the
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if he succeeded to the presidency, in the middle of a term, could run for a full presidential term afterward.
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from February 18, 1861 to February 22, 1862 when his six year term under the permanent constitution began.
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president would become the new president for the remainder of his term; this never happened.
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Second-highest executive officer of the government of the Confederate States of America
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The vice president was elected by an electoral college (closely modeled after the
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was the second highest executive officer of the government of the
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sent by Davis to represent the Confederate government at the
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1865 disestablishments in the Confederate States of America
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Postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States
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without opposition and inaugurated on February 22, 1862.
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1861 establishments in the Confederate States of America
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Vice President of the Confederate States

Seal of the Confederate States

Alexander H. Stephens
Style
The Honorable
Residence
Court End
Electoral College
Alexander H. Stephens
Confederate States of America
president of the Confederate States
Alexander H. Stephens
Georgia
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi
Provisional Confederate States Congress
presidential election of November 6, 1861
Constitution of the Confederate States
vice president of the United States
U.S. Electoral College
Hampton Roads peace conference
President

Alexander H. Stephens
Georgia
1861
U.S. Representative
Georgia's

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