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.
Abraham Lincoln was the president of the US. Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States.
There was no confederate congress so there was no president elected from both.
Lincoln was president for us andjeferson Davis for the confederate states
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America throughout the war. He was first named the provisional Confederate president, then he was elected by the Confederate Congress to a six year term as president.
The First president of the Confederate States of America was Jefferson Davis
The Confederate States of America was made up of the states that seceded from the US to bring about the Civil War. When the war ended these states returned to the Union and the Confederate States ceased to exist. The Confederate States had only one president and that was Jefferson Davis. He might be called a confederate president, I suppose, but he was not president of the US.
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 US is elected for a four year term and could be relected; however a president of the Confederate States could only serve one six year term.
No he was never president of the US. He was a general in the Confederate States Army.
The Constitution of the Confederate States was very similar to the Constitution of the United States, but there were key differences. The President had essentially the same duties as the US president and was elected via an Electoral College as well. The major difference was that the Confederate President was elected to a single six year term and was not eligible for reelection.
Lincoln ordered the blockade of all Confederate seaports in April 1861.