Charles Magill Conrad

Charles Conrad
Member of the C.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd district
In office February 18, 1862 – March 18, 1865
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Acting United States Secretary of State
In office October 25, 1852 – November 5, 1852
President	Millard Fillmore
Preceded by	Daniel Webster
Succeeded by	Edward Everett
22nd United States Secretary of War
In office August 15, 1850 – March 7, 1853
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
In office March 4, 1849 – August 17, 1850
Preceded by	Bannon Thibodeaux
Succeeded by	Henry Bullard
United States Senator from Louisiana
In office April 14, 1842 – March 3, 1843
Appointed by	Andre B. Roman
Preceded by	Alexandre Mouton
Succeeded by	Alexander Porter
Personal details
Born	Charles Magill Conrad (1804-12-24)December 24, 1804 Winchester, Virginia, U.S.
Died	February 11, 1878(1878-02-11) (aged 73) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Political party	Whig

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 and, briefly, Franklin Pierce, from 1850 until 1853. Conrad also briefly acted as the United States Secretary of State following the tenure of Daniel Webster.

Biography

Charles Magill Conrad 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 in 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 to 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 Constitution of the Confederate States as a member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, 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.

See also

• List of United States senators from Louisiana

References

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Conrad, Charles Magill" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.

External links

• Charles Conrad biography at the United States Army Center of Military History
• "Charles Magill Conrad". Find a Grave. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
• United States Congress. "Charles Magill Conrad (id: C000703)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.