Charles Magill Conrad
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The Honorable Charles Magill Conrad |
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22nd United States Secretary of War | |
In office August 15, 1850 – March 7, 1853 |
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President | Millard Fillmore |
Preceded by | George W. Crawford |
Succeeded by | Jefferson Davis |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd district |
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In office March 4, 1849 – August 17, 1850 |
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Preceded by | Bannon G. Thibodeaux |
Succeeded by | Henry A. Bullard |
United States Senator from Louisiana |
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In office April 14, 1842 – March 3, 1843 |
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Preceded by | Alexander Mouton |
Succeeded by | Henry Johnson |
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Born | Winchester, Virginia, U.S. |
December 24, 1804
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
Political party | Whig |
Profession | Lawyer, Politician |
Charles Magill Conrad (December 24, 1804 – February 11, 1878) was a Louisiana politician who served in the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, and Confederate Congress. He was Secretary of War under President Millard Fillmore from 1850 until 1853.
Biography
He was born in Winchester, Virginia, in 1804; moved to Mississippi with his family as a boy and later moved to Louisiana. He was educated under a Dr. Huld at New Orleans. He was appointed to the U.S. Senate in April 1842 to fill the unexpired term of Alexandre Mouton, serving to March 1843, and was defeated for reelection in his own right.
He later served in the House of Representatives from 1849–1850, resigning to accept appointment as Secretary of War in Fillmore’s cabinet. Conrad remained in charge of the War Department from August 15, 1850 to March 7, 1853.
He was a leader of the secession movement in Louisiana in December 1860. During the American Civil War, under the Confederate States of America, he served as a delegate to the Provisional Confederate Congress and as a representative from Louisiana to the Confederate Congress, 1862–1864.
Following the war, he resumed the practice of law. He died in New Orleans in 1878.
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References
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External links
- Charles Magill Conrad at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Charles Conrad biography at the United States Army Center of Military History
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United States Senate | ||
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Preceded by | U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Louisiana 1842–1843 Served alongside: Alexander Barrow |
Succeeded by Henry Johnson |
United States House of Representatives | ||
Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district 1849–1850 |
Succeeded by Henry Bullard |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by | U.S. Secretary of War Served under: Millard Fillmore 1850–1853 |
Succeeded by Jefferson Davis |
Confederate States House of Representatives | ||
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Representative to the Provisional Confederate Congress from Louisiana 1861 |
Succeeded by (none) |
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- Wikipedia articles incorporating text from Appleton's Cyclopedia
- 1804 births
- 1878 deaths
- Deputies and delegates of the Provisional Confederate Congress
- Fillmore administration cabinet members
- Louisiana Whigs
- Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from Louisiana
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana
- Signers of the Confederate States Constitution
- United States Secretaries of War
- United States Senators from Louisiana
- Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- Whig Party United States Senators