John Henninger Reagan, American judge and politician, 3rd Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1905)

John H. Reagan

American politician (1818–1905)

John Henninger Reagan was an American politician from Texas. A Democrat, Reagan resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives when Texas declared secession from the United States and joined the Confederate States of America. He served in the cabinet of Jefferson Davis as…

Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury

The Confederate States secretary of the treasury was the head of the Confederate States Department of the Treasury. Three men served in this post throughout the Confederacy's brief existence from 1861 to 1865.