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Jefferson Davis served as the Senator for the state of Mississippi before he became the president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. He served as a senator from 1847-1851.
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Who was Jefferson Davis and what state was he from?
Jefferson Davis was born in Kentucky, a United States senator representing the state of Mississippi and finally the president of the Confederate States of America.
Why did Jefferson Davis leave the union?
Because Mississippi the State that he was the senator for seceded from the union along with 6 other states and they formed a confederacy which later Jefferson Davis was the President of.
What state did Jefferson Davis represent in the US congress before he was elected President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis was a senator representing the state of Mississippi. He resigned from this position after Mississippi seceded in January of 1861 and accepted command of Mississippi State troops. Davis also served as the US Secretary of War. In February 1861 he was appointed provisional president of the Confederate States.
What state did Jefferson Davis represent in the US Congress?
He represented the state of Mississippi as a senator.Jefferson Davis was US Senator from Mississippi before he became the President of the confederate States of America..
Who was the leader of the Confederate State of America?
Jefferson Davis
Who was Jefferson Davis and what state was he from?
Jefferson Davis was born in Kentucky, a United States senator representing the state of Mississippi and finally the president of the Confederate States of America.
Where was Jefferson Davis from?
Jefferson Davis was from the part of Christian County, Kentucky that now forms Todd County, Kentucky. When the State of Mississippi seceded from the Union in January 1861, Jefferson Davis was a U.S. Senator who represented that state.
What did Jefferson Davis did before becoming the president of the confederacy?
Jefferson Davis was a Democratic senator from Mississippi.
What did Jefferson Davis do before becoming president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis was a Democratic senator from Mississippi.
Why did Jefferson Davis leave the union?
Because Mississippi the State that he was the senator for seceded from the union along with 6 other states and they formed a confederacy which later Jefferson Davis was the President of.
What did Jefferson Davis do before the war?
Senator for Mississippi.
Us senator from confederate state and president?
Andrew Johnson was a US Senator from TN and went on to be US president. Jefferson Davis was Us Senator from Miss. and went on to be Confederate president.
Who was Jefferson Davis before he was a Confederate president?
Senator for Mississippi
Former US senator of Mississippi that became the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis was a U.S. Senator from Mississippi, the U.S. Secretary of War, and the President of the Confederate States of America.
What was Jefferson Davis's job prior to the civil war era?
senator
Who was named the Confederacy's president?
Jefferson Davis, former Mississippi senator
Who was named president of the confederacy?
Jefferson Davis, former Mississippi senator
