Secretary of War.
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Davis served President Franklin Pierce as Secretary of War
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis served as President of the Confederate States of America.
Secretary of War
Jefferson Davis served President Franklin Pierce as Secretary of War
Jefferson Davis served as President of the Confederate States throughout the Civil War.
Jefferson Davis was the only person to serve as president of the Confederate States of America. He first served as the provisional president, then the Confederate Congress elected Davis to a six year term.
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.
Jefferson Davis John Tyler, the tenth president of the United States was the first and only former US president to serve as an official in the Confederate States government. He was a congressman in the Confederate House of Representatives.
Jefferson Davis was appointed by the Confederate Congress to be the president of the Confederate States of America in 1861. At first he was the provisional president. Soon after, the Confederate Congress elected Davis to a six year term that could not be renewed. The Confederate Constitution called for a one term of six years for any Confederate president.
Davis was Secretary of War in the administration of President Franklin Pierce