During the 4 years, 4 months after secession, Texas sent 18 lawmakers to the Confederate capitols. Her delegates to the Provisional Congress, Feb. 1861 to Feb. 1862, were John R. Gregg of Freestone County, John Hemphill of Travis County, Wm. B. Ochiltree of Nacogdoches County, Williamson S. Oldham of Washington County, John H. Reagan of Anderson County, Thomas N. Waul of Gonzales County, and Louis T. Wigfall of Harrison County. Texans in the first Confederate States Congress, Feb. 1862 to Feb. 1864, were B. H. Epperson of Red River County, M. D. Graham of Rusk County, Peter W. Gray of Harris County, Claiborne C. Herbert of Colorado County, Frank B. Sexton of San Augustine County, John A. Wilcox of Bexar County, and Wm. B. Wright of Lamar County. Oldham and Wigfall served as senators from 1862 to 1865. Herbert and Sexton were re-elected to the Second Confederate Congress in 1864, joined by Gen. John R. Baylor of Parker County, Anthony M. Branch of Walker County, Stephen H. Darden of Gonzales County, and Simpson H. Morgan of Red River County. Several congressmen left the legislative branch for the battlefield, two becoming generals, and Reagan left for a presidential assignment as postmaster-general in the cabinet.