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Jefferson Finis Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American statesman and 1st President of the Confederate States. A West Point graduate, Davis fought in the Mexican-American War as a colonel of the Mississippi Rifles, and was the United States Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce. Both before and after his time in the Pierce administration, he served as a Democratic U.S. Senator representing the State of Mississippi. As a senator, he argued against secession, but did agree that each state was sovereign and had an unquestionable right to secede from the Union.

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  • Jefferson Davis (Southern Victory)
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  • Jefferson Finis Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American statesman and 1st President of the Confederate States. A West Point graduate, Davis fought in the Mexican-American War as a colonel of the Mississippi Rifles, and was the United States Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce. Both before and after his time in the Pierce administration, he served as a Democratic U.S. Senator representing the State of Mississippi. As a senator, he argued against secession, but did agree that each state was sovereign and had an unquestionable right to secede from the Union.
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deputy1 name
  • Alexander H. Stephens
deputy title
  • Vice President
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Birth Date
  • 1808-06-03(xsd:date)
Period
  • --03-04
  • --03-07
  • --08-10
  • --02-18
death place
  • New Orleans, Louisiana
Name
  • Jefferson Davis
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  • 150(xsd:integer)
Party
  • Democrat
Birth Place
  • Christian County, Kentucky
death date
  • 1889-12-06(xsd:date)
Successor
Profession
  • Soldier, Politician
Order
  • 1.0
Position
Predecessor
  • none
  • Charles Magill Conrad
  • Jesse Speight Stephen Adams
  • Tilghman M. Tucker
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  • Jefferson Finis Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American statesman and 1st President of the Confederate States. A West Point graduate, Davis fought in the Mexican-American War as a colonel of the Mississippi Rifles, and was the United States Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce. Both before and after his time in the Pierce administration, he served as a Democratic U.S. Senator representing the State of Mississippi. As a senator, he argued against secession, but did agree that each state was sovereign and had an unquestionable right to secede from the Union.
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