Vice President of the Confederate States of America

Vice-President of the Confederate States
Seal of the Confederate States
Alexander H. Stephens
Style	The Honorable
Residence	Court End
Appointer	Electoral College
Formation	February 18, 1861
First holder	Alexander H. Stephens
Final holder	Alexander H. Stephens
Abolished	May 5, 1865

The vice president of the Confederate States was the second highest executive officer of the government of the Confederate States of America and the deputy to the president of the Confederate States. The office was held by Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia, who served under President Jefferson Davis of Mississippi from February 18, 1861, until the dissolution of the Confederacy on May 5, 1865. Having first been elected by the Provisional Confederate States Congress, both were considered provisional office-holders until they won the presidential election of November 6, 1861 without opposition and inaugurated on February 22, 1862.^[1]