President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis was the first and only president of the Confederate States of America. Born in Kentucky, Davis attended West Point and fought in the Mexican-American War. He was the US Secretary of War and a US Senator representing Mississippi in Congress prior to Southern secession. After Mississippi seceded from the United States Davis resigned from the US Senate, returned to his State and was selected as the new Confederacy’s president.
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Rhett vs Davis on Confederate foreign policy
Calhoun, Rhett & Davis in 1850
Jefferson Davis’ post-war stay in Quebec
Jefferson Davis says ‘adieu’ to the US Senate
Jefferson Davis: Yankees incapable of self-government
Chesterton & Davis on Puritan America
Jefferson Davis on the political parties prior to Southern secession
Jefferson Davis’ description of the Yankees
Jefferson Davis Highway has winding history
Jefferson Davis Memorial Bridge in Augusta, GA
Jefferson Davis descendant keeps fighting spirit alive
Confederate monuments in VA vandalised
Jefferson Davis & the ‘guerrilla option’
Jefferson Davis is *still* my president.
Amen.