Jefferson Davis
Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American Civil War. He was the United States Secretary of War from 1853 to 1857.Davis, the youngest of ten children, was born in Fairview, Kentucky, but spent most of his childhood in Wilkinson County, Mississippi. His eldest brother Joseph Emory Davis secured the younger Davis's appointment to the United States Military Academy. Upon graduating, he served six years as a lieutenant in the United States Army. After leaving the army in 1835, Davis married Sarah Knox Taylor, daughter of general and future President Zachary Taylor. Sarah died from malaria three months after the wedding. Davis became a cotton planter, building Brierfield Plantation in Mississippi on his brother Joseph's land and eventually owning as many as 113 slaves.
In 1845, Davis married Varina Howell. During the same year, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives, serving for one year. From 1846 to 1847, he fought in the Mexican–American War as the colonel of a volunteer regiment. He was appointed to the United States Senate in 1847, resigning to unsuccessfully run as governor of Mississippi. In 1853, President Franklin Pierce appointed him Secretary of War. After Pierce's administration ended in 1857, Davis returned to the Senate. He resigned in 1861 when Mississippi seceded from the United States.
During the Civil War, Davis guided the Confederacy's policies and served as its commander in chief. When the Confederacy was defeated in 1865, Davis was captured, accused of treason, and imprisoned at Fort Monroe. He was released without trial after two years. Immediately after the war, Davis was often blamed for the Confederacy's defeat, but after his release from prison, he became a hero of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. In the late 19th and the 20th centuries, his legacy as Confederate leader was celebrated in the South. In the twenty-first century, he is frequently criticized as a supporter of slavery and racism, and many of the memorials dedicated to him throughout the United States have been removed. Provided by Wikipedia
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[Baltimore] : [Murphy & co.], 1860
[Baltimore] : [Murphy & co.], 1860
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New York, Belford company 1890
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Baltimore : J. Murphy & Co., 1859
Baltimore : J. Murphy & Co., 1859
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Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2008
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2008
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Jackson, Mississippi : Printed for the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 1923
Jackson, Mississippi : Printed for the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 1923
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New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1881
New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1881
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[New York] : [AMS Press], 1973
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[Richmond] : Richmond Enquirer Print, 1863
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Richmond, Va : Garrett and Massie, 1938
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[Washington : Towers, printer, 1848
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[Washington (D.C.)] : Towers, print., 1850
[Washington (D.C.)] : Towers, print., 1850
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[New York : North American Review, 1886
[New York : North American Review, 1886
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Glasgow : Anderson & Mackay, 1876
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[Washington : Towers, printer, 1848
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Baltimore : Printed by John Murphy & Co., 1861
Baltimore : Printed by John Murphy & Co., 1861
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[Washington] : Printed by L. Towers, 1860
[Washington] : Printed by L. Towers, 1860
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