Jefferson Davis Quotes


All we ask is to be let alone.


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Jefferson Davis, 1808-1889, U. S. Congressman & U. S. Senator (Democrat, MS), U. S. Secretary of War, President, Confederate States of America, First Message to the Confederate Congress, March 1861

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Jefferson Davis
  • Born: June 3, 1808
  • Died: December 6, 1889
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Leader

Jefferson Finis Davis was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. As a member of the Democratic Party, he represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives before the American Civil War. He previously served as the United States Secretary of War from 1853 to 1857 under President Franklin Pierce.