Christopher Memminger

Christopher Memminger
1st Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury
In office February 25, 1861 – July 18, 1864
President	Jefferson Davis
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	G. A. Trenholm
Deputy from South Carolina to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States
In office February 4, 1861 – February 17, 1862
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	Christoph Gustav Memminger (1803-01-09)January 9, 1803 Vaihingen, Wuerttemberg (present-day Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany)
Died	March 7, 1888(1888-03-07) (aged 85) Charleston, South Carolina
Resting place	St. John in the Wilderness, Flat Rock, North Carolina 35°16′56.8″N 82°26′34.2″W / 35.282444°N 82.442833°W / 35.282444; -82.442833
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	South Carolina College

Christopher Gustavus Memminger (German: Christoph Gustav Memminger; January 9, 1803 – March 7, 1888) was a German-born American politician and a secessionist who participated in the formation of the Confederate States government. He was the principal author of the Provisional Constitution (1861), as well as the founder of the Confederate financial system. As the first Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury, Memminger was the principal author of the economic policies of Jefferson Davis's administration.