military officer
Jefferson Davis.
President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865 (1808–1889)
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About Jefferson Davis
Jefferson F. Davis was the only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, leading the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Before the war, he was a member of the Democratic Party who represented Mississippi in the House of Representatives from 1845 to 1846 and in the United States Senate from 1857 to 1861. From 1853 to 1857, he served as the 23rd United States secretary of war during the administration of President Franklin Pierce.
Everything about Jefferson Davis →- Occupation
- military officer, politician, businessperson, political writer
- Position held
- President of the Confederate States, United States Secretary of War, United States representative, United States senator
- Citizenship
- United States, Confederate States of America, United States
- Born
- June 3, 1808, 1808
- Died
- December 6, 1889, 1889