Jefferson Davis was one of America's statesman. He served the Union and Confederate armies when he was a leader of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Jefferson Davis served President Franklin Pierce as Secretary of War
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.
Provisional Confederate president, Jefferson Davis began the process of building a Southern army in March of 1861. He created the army by calling for 100,000 volunteers to serve for twelve months. This was called the Provisional Army of the Confederate States.
The Confederate States of America only lasted long enough to elect one President, and that was Jefferson Davis.
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.
The President of the United States was Abraham Lincoln and the Confederate States president was Jefferson Davis. Each man would serve for the entire war, 1861 to 1865.
The President of the United States was Abraham Lincoln and the Confederate States president was Jefferson Davis. Each man would serve for the entire war, 1861 to 1865.
The Provisional Confederate Congress had unanimously elected Jefferson Davis to be the provisional president of the South. This was on February 11, 1861. Later, after the US Civil War was underway, Davis was confirmed as the official Confederate president and elected to a six year term. Under the Confederate Constitution, presidents could serve only one term. There was no reelection process.
The first and only person to serve as President of the Confederate States of America was Jefferson Davis, 1808 - 1889.The first and only person to serve as Vice President of the Confederate States of America was Alexander Hamilton Stephens, 1812 - 1883.Jefferson Davis was the only President of the Confederacy. He ran the government from the Capital in Richmond.Jefferson F. Davis of Mississippi was the President of the Confederate States of America. He was the only man to hold the office since the Confederacy elected their president to a single six year term and the war was over before his term expired.Jefferson DavisJefferson Davis.That would be Jefferson Davis. He was the only president of the C.S., but was sort of relieved of his duties as the Civil War kept on going - his mind apparently got into lala land, and he could not make any decisions.
Jefferson Davis of Mississippi.He was the only confederate president.He was captured after the war and imprisoned at Fort Monroe,but did not have to serve his entire term as a gesture of good will to the southern people.
No , Davis was never the secretary of the Union navy. Davis did serve as Secretary of War in the administration of President Franklin Pierce.
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