Thomas Bragg

2nd Confederate States Attorney General
Thomas Bragg

In office November 21, 1861 – March 18, 1862
Preceded by	Judah P. Benjamin
Succeeded by	Thomas H. Watts

Born	November 9, 1810(1810-11-09) Warrenton, North Carolina, U.S.
Died	January 21, 1872 (aged 61) Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Profession	Politician, Lawyer

Thomas Bragg (November 9, 1810 – January 21, 1872) was a North Carolina politician and lawyer. During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate States Cabinet. He was the older brother of General Braxton Bragg.

Born in Warrenton, North Carolina, Bragg attended Warrenton Academy and later graduated from Captain Partridge’s American Literary, Scientific & Military Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1833 and commenced practice out of Jackson, North Carolina. He was a member of the North Carolina General Assembly 1842 to 1843 and became prosecuting attorney for Northampton County. He successfully ran for Governor of North Carolina and served from 1855 to 1859. He then took a seat in the United States Senate, serving from 1859 until the start of the Civil War in 1861. He served as chairman of the Committee on Claims in the thirty-sixth congress. He was expelled for siding with the Confederacy. Confederate President Jefferson Davis appointed Bragg Attorney General of the Confederate States and served from 1861 until his resignation in 1862. He continued to practice law until his death in 1872. He was interned in Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Preceded by Warren Winslow	Governor of North Carolina 1855 – 1859	Succeeded by John Willis Ellis
Preceded by David Settle Reid	United States Senator (Class 2) from North Carolina 1859 – 1861 Served alongside: Thomas Lanier Clingman	Succeeded by Joseph C. Abbott⁽¹⁾
Preceded by Judah P. Benjamin	Confederate States Attorney General 1861 – 1862	Succeeded by Thomas H. Watts
Notes and references
1. Because of North Carolina's secession, the Senate seat was vacant for seven years before Abbott succeeded Bragg.

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v • d • e United States Senators from North Carolina

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v • d • e Cabinet of President Jefferson Davis (1861-1865)

Vice President	Alexander H. Stephens (1861-1865)

Secretary of State	Robert Toombs (1861) • Robert M. T. Hunter (1861-1862) • Judah P. Benjamin (1862-1865)

Secretary of the Treasury	Christopher Memminger (1861-1864) • George A. Trenholm (1864-1865) • John H. Reagan (1865)

Secretary of War	Leroy P. Walker (1861) • Judah P. Benjamin (1861-1862) • George W. Randolph (1862) • James A. Seddon (1862-1865) • John C. Breckinridge (1865)

Secretary of the Navy	Stephen R. Mallory (1861-1865)

Postmaster General	John H. Reagan (1861-1865)

Attorney General	Judah P. Benjamin (1861) • Thomas Bragg (1861-1862) • Thomas H. Watts (1862-1863) • George Davis (1864-1865)