Postmaster General of the Confederate States of America

United States Congressman and Senator from Texas

(1818-1905) Born in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, he left Tennessee at the age of 19, and traveled to the Republic of Texas, in 1836, the year before it had become independent from Mexico. Reagan worked as a surveyor from 1839 to 1843. A lawyer, judge and Indian fighter, he served as U.S. Congressman from Texas, 1857-61. Voting for secession at the 1861 Texas convention, he was soon elected to the Provisional Confederate Congress, and in March 1861, was appointed Postmaster General of the Confederacy, a post he held for the entire war. Devoted to President Jefferson Davis, he fled with him upon the fall of Richmond and was captured with Jeff Davis in Georgia in May 1865. Reagan was confined at Fort Warren, in Boston, for several months, including 22 weeks in solitary confinement, and was eventually paroled by President Andrew Johnson in December 1865. Afterwards, Reagan resumed his political career and served as U.S. Congressman from Texas, 1875-87, and U.S. Senator, 1887-92. He was appointed by the governor as chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, serving in that position from 1897-1901. He was one of the founders of the Texas State Historical Association. He also attended many Confederate veteran reunions in Texas. He wrote his Memoirs, "With Special Reference to Secession and the Civil War" which was published in 1905. Reagan died of pneumonia at his home in Palestine, Texas, on March 6, 1905, and he was the last surviving member of the Jefferson Davis Confederate cabinet. John H. Reagan was buried in East Hill Cemetery, in Palestine.

Card Signature: 5 1/4 x 3, beautiful large ink autograph, John H. Reagan. Excellent. Very desirable! Comes with 2 copy photographs of Reagan, on an 8 1/2 x 11 photographic sheet.