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Jefferson Davis | |
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Preses o the Confederate States | |
In office Februar 22, 1862 – Mey 10, 1865 Proveesional: Februar 18, 1861 – Februar 22, 1862 | |
Vice Preses | Alexander Stephens |
Precedit bi | Poseetion established |
Succeedit bi | Poseetion abolished |
23rd Unitit States Secretar o War | |
In office Mairch 7, 1853 – Mairch 4, 1857 | |
Preses | Franklin Pierce |
Precedit bi | Charles Conrad |
Succeedit bi | John Floyd |
Unitit States Senator frae Mississippi | |
In office Mairch 4, 1857 – Januar 21, 1861 | |
Precedit bi | Stephen Adams |
Succeedit bi | Adelbert Ames (Vacant till 1870) |
In office August 10, 1847 – September 23, 1851 | |
Precedit bi | Jesse Speight |
Succeedit bi | John McRae |
Member o the U.S. Hoose o Representatives frae Mississippi's At-large destrict | |
In office December 8, 1845 – Juin 1, 1846 | |
Precedit bi | Tilghman Tucker |
Succeedit bi | Henry Ellett |
Personal details | |
Born | Jefferson Finis Davis 3 Juin 1808 Christian Coonty, Kentucky |
Dee'd | 6 December 1889 New Orleans, Louisiana | (aged 81)
Restin place | Hollywood Seemetry, Richmond, Virginie |
Naitionality | American |
Poleetical pairty | Democratic |
Spoose(s) | Sarah Taylor (m. 1835; her daith 1835) Varina Howell (m. 1845; his daith 1889) |
Alma mater | Transylvania Varsity Unitit States Militar Academy |
Religion | Episcopal |
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Militar service | |
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Service/branch | Unitit States Airmy Unitit States Volunteers |
Years o service | 1825–1835 1846–1847 |
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Unit | First Dragoons |
Commands | First Mississippi |
Battles/wars | Indian Wars |
Jefferson Finis Davis[1] (Juin 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) wis an American politeecian wha wis a U.S. Representative an Senator frae Mississippi, the 23rd U.S. Secretar o War, an the Preses o the Confederate States o Americae during the American Ceevil War.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Davis 1996, p. 6, states: "Thus it was with a touch of humor, leavened by wishful thinking, that the boy born to her on June 3, 1808, found himself endowed with the middle name Finis, testimony to his father's familiarity with Latin and both parents' hope that this baby would be their last." However, Cooper 2000, p. 10, writes: "His parents also gave him a middle name, which by early manhood he dropped completely; only the initial F. survived."; and again Cooper 2000, p. 711n1, writes: "Some have also questioned whether Davis ever had a middle name. He used the initial at West Point, as did his mother in her will. Again, I assume that both would not have invented it. [...] No evidence supports Hudson Strode's claim that the actual middle name was Finis, signaling the final child."
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