Charles Magill Conrad

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</td></tr><tr style="text-align: center;"><th colspan="2">22nd United States Secretary of War</th></tr><tr><th style="border-bottom: none; text-align: center;" colspan="2">In office</th></tr><tr><td style="border-top: none; text-align: center;" colspan="2">August 15, 1850 – March 4, 1853</td></tr><tr><th>Preceded by</th><td>George Walker Crawford</td></tr><tr><th>Succeeded by</th><td>Jefferson Davis</td></tr><tr><th>Born</th><td>December 24, 1804
Winchester, Virginia, USA</td></tr><tr><th>Died</th><td>February 11, 1878
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA</td></tr><tr><th>Political party</th><td>Whig</td></tr><tr><th>Profession</th><td>Lawyer, Politician</td></tr>

Charles Magill Conrad (December 24, 1804–February 11, 1878) was an American political figure.

He was born in Winchester, Virginia, in 1804; moved to Mississippi with his family as a boy, and later moved to Louisiana and was educated under a Dr. Huld at New Orleans. He was appointed to the United States Senate in April 1842 to fill the unexpired term of Alexander Mouton, serving to March 1843, and was defeated for reelection in his own right.

He later served in the United States House of Representatives, 1849–1850, resigning to accept appointment as Secretary of War in Millard Fillmore’s cabinet, serving from 15 August 1850 to 7 March 1853. Under the Confederate States of America, he served as a delegate to the Provisional Confederate Congress and as a representative from Louisiana to the Confederate Congress, 1862–1864. Following the war, he resumed the practice of law. He died in New Orleans in 1878.

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Preceded by: Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district 1849 – 1850	Succeeded by: Henry Adams Bullard
Preceded by: George Walker Crawford	United States Secretary of War 1850–1853	Succeeded by: Jefferson Davis
Preceded by: none	Representative to the Provisional Confederate Congress from Louisiana 1861	Succeeded by: none