Show S Confederate Cabinet While Thile the Confederate govern govern- govern overn- overn meat ment under President JeffersonS Jefferson S Davis was in existence only a little littlemore littlemore littlemore more than four years only one cab cab- cabinet cab cabinet I inet met Stephen officer officer Stephen R It l Mallory secretary of the navy Y throughout the whole period I During Durins the same time there were three secretaries of state Toombs Hunter and Benjamin three secre scene secretaries secretaries of the treasury Memminger Trenholm and Rea Reagin in six los ies of war Walker Valker Benjamin Ran Randolph Randolph Randolph dolph Smith Seddon and Brecken- Brecken Breckenridge ridge Brecken-ridge ridge two postmaster postmaster generals postmaster Ellet am and Ren Reagan nn and md four ne general s 's Benjamin Bragg Watts and Davis Judah P Benjamin of Louis Louisiana went into the cabinet in 1861 as at- at at general was secretary of war of-war war wor fw for a n short time in 1862 and was as made secretary of state later in the same year servin serving as such to the end John H Reason Reagan of Texas served as postmaster postmaster- postmaster postmaster-gener al from until 1865 when he became the Confederacy's last see see- sec of f the treasury President Davis who had been secretary of war of the United States from 1833 to 1857 appears to have had difficulties with his own secretaries of war whom as noted above he had six I I I I I I t |