President: Samuel Maxey(1879-1881) Resigned Wade Hampton III(1881-present) Vice President:Wade Hampton III(1879-1881) Ascended Vacant(1881-present) Secretary of State: P.B.S Pinchback Secretary of Tresuary: Powell Clayton Secretary of War: Robert Burns Lindsey PostMaster Genreal: Thomas Ashe Attorney Genreal: Simon Conover Secretary of the Navy: William Hunt(til 1884, died) Vacant(1884-Present)

Maxey's Presidency started off rough after losing the popular vote but winning the electoral college, His Cabinet appointments were Used to please Swing Voters, Most Notabaly Secretary of State P.B.S Pinchback who was half African American.

Maxey famously pushed for more Texas Autonomy and was a supporter of Seccession, Many Cabinet Members planned to resign only due to convincing from the Vice President stayed on.

Maxey's Resignation Elevated Hampton to the Presidency. Immediately dealing with a Civil War. Hampton handled the storm, defeating the rebellion but in order to avoid annexation by the Union, Tennessee was sacrificed and membership to The American Commenwealth was Imminent but Expansion rights into non-union land e.g(Mexico,Caribbean) was secured. Pinchback and AG Conover helped negotiate the treaty.

With Entry into the Commenwealth coming the appointment of the govenror General was needed, The Confederate Party was in disarray with Seccession who had lost and moderate Confederates interested in governing grappled for Party control. Hampton hesitant to pick a controversial appointment. Democrats who welcomed the Commenwealth pushed for Thomas Jarvis the Democrat who had lost in 1879, Hampton afraid he alienate his own supporters picked Pinchback, many Confederates wanted Pinchback gone as he was a former Democrat. Pinchback refused the appointment.

Jefferson Davis the first President agreed to take up The role stating 'I Understand many of us our hesitant...fearful that this is the process of Stripping our Autonmy step by step, but we live in a diffrent world to twenty years ago, Postive Relations must be kept with our Nothern Neighbours.I Promise as Governor-Genreal I will not stump for any polices that will bind the three nations in a federal way'.

Hampton also faced a Constitutional Crisis Inheriting his term some wondered if he could run on his own. Confederates claimed no, leaving Hampton to form a new party. The Constitution Party made up of Confederates sick of the party claiming it was a cesspool of 2nd Confederationists and Democrats who felt hopeless as they have never Won a Election setting up a three way election in 1885. But first the Party Conventions to Nominate.

The World Cotton Centiennal Peace Fair opened in Lousiana. Alabama fails to enact a anti trust law And despite rebuilding from War a New University is Opened in Texas, It is given the Name the Maxey University. Much to the Chigrin of President Hampton. Slavery also Made headlines with Hampton Passing the Sweet 16 Law any Slave born from 1884 onwards will be free upon reaching the age of 16.