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Christopher Gustavus Memminger (January 9, 1803 – March 7, 1888) was a German-born American politician and a founding father of the Confederate States, serving as President Jefferson Davis' first Treasury Secretary. Memminger resigned in July 1864. He was pardoned in 1866, and rebuilt his legal practice.

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rdfs:label	Christopher Memminger
rdfs:comment	Christopher Gustavus Memminger (January 9, 1803 – March 7, 1888) was a German-born American politician and a founding father of the Confederate States, serving as President Jefferson Davis' first Treasury Secretary. Memminger resigned in July 1864. He was pardoned in 1866, and rebuilt his legal practice.
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Spouse	Mary Wilkinson , Sarah Wilkinson
Name	Christopher Memminger
Title	Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury from South Carolina Member of the Provisional Confederate States Congress
Cause of Death	Natural causes
Before	Position established
Religion	Episcopalian
Years	1861(xsd:integer)
After	Julian Hartridge (The Guns of the South) Position abolished George Trenholm
Affiliations	Democratic Party
Children	Twelve
Occupation	Lawyer, politician
Death	1888(xsd:integer)
Birth	1803(xsd:integer)
Nationality	United States
abstract	Christopher Gustavus Memminger (January 9, 1803 – March 7, 1888) was a German-born American politician and a founding father of the Confederate States, serving as President Jefferson Davis' first Treasury Secretary. Memminger was born in Vaihingen, Würtemberg. His father had died in battle when he was only a month old. His mother moved to Charleston, South Carolina, but she died of yellow fever in 1807. After this unfortunate start, Thomas Bennett, a prominent attorney and future governor of South Carolina, took Christopher in, and providing an education for him. Memminger became a successful lawyer himself. Memminger entered state politics, leading the opposition to the nullifiers during the Nullification Crisis of the 1830s. By the time of the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency in 1860, Memminger had grown convinced that secession was necessary. When South Carolina did secede, he was asked to write the Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union. When Jefferson Davis formed his cabinet, he appointed Memminger to Secretary of the Treasury. His efforts to fund the Confederate States government during the American Civil War forced him to set aside all of his economic ideals. He adopted fiat currency and income taxation. Memminger resigned in July 1864. He was pardoned in 1866, and rebuilt his legal practice.

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