Jefferson Finis Davis (June 3, 1808 - December 6, 1889) was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Davis was born in Kentucky and grew up on plantations in Mississippi and Louisiana. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and fought in the Mexican-American War as the colonel of a volunteer regiment. He served as the United States Secretary of War underDemocratic President Franklin Pierce, and as a Democratic U.S. senator from Mississippi. His plantation in Mississippi depended on slave labor, like most Southern plantations. As a senator, he argued against secession, but did agree that each state was sovereign and had an unquestionable right to secede from the Union. Davis lost his first wife to malaria after three months of marriage, and the disease almost killed him as well. He had six children with his second wife, but only two of them survived him. He suffered from ill health for much of his life.
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Mother of Jefferson Davis was Jane Davis. Father of Jefferson Davis was Samuel Davis.
Jefferson Davis has 6 children
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.
West point, for one.
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Mother of Jefferson Davis was Jane Davis. Father of Jefferson Davis was Samuel Davis.
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No, Jefferson Davis is not single.
Abe Lincoln, im sure but if not just look it up!
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederacy
No, Jefferson Davis died at age 81 on Friday, December 6, 1889, at the home of a good friend after becoming ill in November.
Jefferson Davis was the president for the South. He was not with the Union.
Jefferson Davis was the president of the CSA.
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederacy.
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