Jefferson Davis - not a success, partly because he had wanted to be General-in-Chief and turned out a bad chooser and user of Generals.
Jefferson Davis became the president of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis was the first and only president of the Confederate States of America. When he became the official president, under the Confederate constitution, a president was allowed only one six year term.
The president you seek is Jefferson Davis.
Jefferson Davis became the president of the Confederate States of America in 1861
The President of Confederate States pick Jefferson Davis as their president
He was the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. He did not want to secede (separate) from the Union, at first, but supported it after his state seceded. He then became the president of the Confederate States of America and led them into battles during the civil war, but did not succeed. Instead, he lost the war and was thrown into jail.
When the southern US States seceded from the United States of America in 1860, the government they formed was called the Confederate States of America
John Tyler, our nation's tenth president served as a representative of Virginia during the War Between The States.
Jefferson Davis was born June 3, 1808 and was elected provisional president of the Confederate states in February 1861. He would be 52 years old at that point. After winning regular elections in November of that year he would be 53 years of age.
Jefferson Davis was President of the Confederate States of America. He was not a very good President, and during the Civil War became so loony that he was replaced.
Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Ulysses Grant and Franklin Pierce all became US Presidents and Jefferson Davis became the President of the Confederate States of America.
It was when the south left the USA and became the confederate states of america
Lincoln served from 1861 to 1865; Johnston from 1865 to 1869. Grant took office in 1869. (The war ended in 1865.)