Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederate States of America
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Jefferson Davis
Best known as president of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, Jefferson Davis was also a Mexican War hero, served in the House of Representatives and the Senate, and was secretary of war under Franklin Pierce.
http://jeffersondavis.rice.edu/

Jefferson Davis
Davis was then elected to the United States Senate where he became a leading spokesman for southern rights
http://www.tulane.edu/~latner/Davis.html

Jefferson Davis
Born in Kentucky not far from Abraham Lincoln in time or distance, the only President of the Confederacy was a decorated war veteran and politician.
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Jefferson Davis
Davis entered Congress in 1845 for Mississippi and served with distinction in the Mexican War (1846-47).
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASdavisJ.htm

Jefferson Davis
Inaugurual Address as Provisional President of the Confederacy
Montgomery, February 18, 1861
"GENTLEMEN OF THE CONGRESS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, FRIENDS AND FELLOW-CITIZENS:"
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/jdinaug.html

Jefferson Davis Elected
Today in History:
On November 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis, who had been elected president of the Provisional Government on February 9, 1861,as a compromise between moderates and radicals,was confirmed by the voters for a full six-year term.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov06.html