OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Charles Magill Conrad

BORN:
December 24, 1804
Winchester, Virginia

DIED:
February 11, 1878 (age 73)
New Orleans, Louisiana

POLITICAL PARTY:
Whig 

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1828:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in New Orleans, Louisiana 
1842-1843:
U.S. Senator from Louisiana
1849-1850:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana 
1850-1853:
U.S. Secretary of War 
1852:
Acting U.S. Secretary of State
1861:
Louisiana Delegate to the Provisional Confederate Congress 
1862-1864:
Delegate to the First and Second Confederate Congresses 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. Army 
Wikipedia