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Apr 3, 2014 · Famous Political Figures. Civil War Figures. Jefferson Davis was a 19th century U.S. senator best known as the president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. Updated: May...
Dec 4, 2023 · After the Civil War, Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederacy, was to be tried for treason. Does the debacle hold lessons for the trials awaiting Donald Trump? By Jill Lepore. December...
Jefferson Davis. Title President. War & Affiliation Civil War / Confederate. Date of Birth - Death June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889. Jefferson Finis Davis, the first and only President of the Confederate States of America, was a planter, politician and soldier born in Kentucky and raised in Mississippi.
Jan 12, 2024 · June 3, 1808–December 6, 1889. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, Mexican-American War veteran, U.S. Congressman, Senator, and Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis served as the first and only President of the Confederate States of America.
Dec 22, 2021 · SUMMARY. Jefferson Davis was a celebrated veteran of the Mexican War (1846–1848), a U.S. senator from Mississippi (1847–1851; 1857–1861), secretary of war under U.S. president Franklin Pierce (1853–1857), and the only president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1861–1865).
Jefferson Davis: A Featured Biography. Born in Kentucky in 1808 and raised in Mississippi, Jefferson Davis graduated from West Point in 1828. Following brief service in Congress and military duty in the war with Mexico, he served as secretary of war (1853-1857) under Franklin Pierce.
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May 29, 2018 · Died December 6, 1889. New Orleans, Louisiana. President of the Confederate States of America. J efferson Davis served as the president of the Confederate States of America during its four years of existence. He was the South 's political leader during the Civil War and the counterpart of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865; see entry).
