Vice President of the Confederate States

From Turtledove

The Vice President of the Confederate States was formally the second highest position within the government of the Confederacy, below that of the Office of the President of the Confederate States.

According to the Confederate States Constitution, the Vice President's office was almost entirely identical to that of the Vice President of the United States. This included presiding over the Confederate Senate and breaking tied votes, and was also the first person in the line of succession. If the President died, resigned or was removed from office, the Vice President would become the new president for the remainder of his term.

The major difference between the U.S. and the Confederate Vice Presidencies was that the term in office was six years long. The President was explicitly forbidden to run for a second term by the constitution, but the Vice President was not.

In OTL, the office of Vice President ceased to exist with the C.S. after the end of the American Civil War. Only Alexander Stephens ever held the office.

[edit] The Guns of the South

President	Term	Party
Alexander Stephens	1861-1868	None
Albert Gallatin Brown	1868 (assassinated minutes after taking the oath office)	Confederate Party

[edit] Southern Victory

With the end of the Second Great War, the office of Vice President ceased to exist with the Confederate States

President	Term	Party
Alexander Stephens	1861-1868	None
All Unknown	1868-1880	None
Lucius Q.C. Lamar	1880-1886	None
All Unknown	1886-1910	Whig Party
Gabriel Semmes	1910-1916	Whig
Burton Mitchel	1922 (Ascended to the Presidency)	Whig
Vacancy	1922-1928
Unknown	1928-1934	Whig
Willy Knight	1934-1939 (removed from office)	Freedom Party
Don Partridge	1939-1944	Freedom