Christopher Memminger | |
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| 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 January 9, 1803 Vaihingen, Wuerttemberg (present-day Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany) |
| Died | March 7, 1888 (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 |
| 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.