What is Confederate States Congress?
{{Infobox legislature | name = Confederate States Congress | native_name = | transcription_name = | coa_pic = Seal of the Confederate States.svg | coa_res = 200px | coa-pic = | coa-res = | house_type = [[Bicameralism|Bicameral]] | body = | houses = [[Senate]],<br/>[[House of Representatives]] | leader1_type = [[Vice President of the Confederate States of America|President of the Senate]] | leader1 = [[Alexander H. Stephens|Alexander Stephens]] | party1 = | leader2_type = [[President pro tempore]] | leader2 = [[Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter|Robert Hunter]] | party2 = | leader3_type = [[President pro tempore]] ad interim | leader3 = [[William Alexander Graham|William Graham]] | party3 = | leader4_type = [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker of the House]] | leader4 = [[Thomas Stanley Bocock|Thomas Bocock]] | leader5_type = [[Speaker of the House|Speaker pro tempore]] | leader5 = [[William Parish Chilton]] | election5 = | party5 = | election6 = | leader6_type = | leader6 = | party6 = | members = '''135'''<br/>26 Senators<br/>109 Representatives | committees2 = | joint_committees = | voting_system1 = | voting_system2 = | meeting_place = [[File:Virginia Capitol 1865.jpg|250px]]<br/>State Capitol<br/>[[Richmond, Virginia]] | footnotes = | website = }} The '''Congress of the Confederate States''' was the [[Legislature|legislative body]] of the [[Confederate States of America]]. It existed during the [[American Civil War]] from 1861 to 1865. Like the [[United States Congress]], the Confederate Congress consisted of two parts. The [[upper house]] was the [[Senate]]. It was made up of two senators from each [[List of U.S. states|state]] who were chosen by their state [[legislature]]s. The [[lower house]