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Secretary of the Navy
Seal of the Navy Department
Only officeholder Stephen R. Mallory March 4, 1861–May 20, 1865
Department of the Navy
Style	Mr. Secretary
Member of	the Cabinet
Reports to	The President
Seat	Richmond, Virginia
Appointer	The President with Senate advice and consent
Formation	March 4, 1861
Abolished	May 20, 1865

The Confederate States secretary of the navy was the head of the Confederate States Department of the Navy. Stephen R. Mallory held this position through the entire duration of the Confederate States of America.

Secretary of the Navy

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Party		Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Stephen R. Mallory (1812–1873)	March 4, 1861	May 20, 1865	4 years, 77 days		Democratic Party	Davis

References

1. Greenwalt, Phill (2021-02-04). "The Stephen Mallory You May Not Have Known". Emerging Civil War. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
2. Davis, Charles S. (1955). "Review of Stephen R. Mallory: Confederate Navy Chief". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 34 (1): 64–66. ISSN 0015-4113. JSTOR 30139734.

See also

• United States Secretary of the Navy

v t e Cabinet of President Jefferson Davis (1861–1865)
Vice-President	Alexander H. Stephens (1861–65)
Secretary of State	Robert Toombs (1861) Robert M. T. Hunter (1861–62) Judah P. Benjamin (1862–65)
Secretary of the Treasury	C. G. Memminger (1861–64) G. A. Trenholm (1864–65) John H. Reagan (1865)
Secretary of War	Leroy P. Walker (1861) Judah P. Benjamin (1861–62) George W. Randolph (1862) James A. Seddon (1862–65) John C. Breckinridge (1865)
Secretary of the Navy	Stephen R. Mallory (1861–65)
Postmaster-General	John H. Reagan (1861–65)
Attorney-General	Judah P. Benjamin (1861) Thomas Bragg (1861–62) Thomas H. Watts (1862–63) George Davis (1864–65)

• Government of the Confederate States of America
• Confederate States Navy
• 1861 establishments in the Confederate States of America