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1808 - 1889
JEFFERSON DAVIS


Jefferson Davis was born on June 3, 1808 in Christian County,
Kentucky. When he was a young child, his family moved to 
Mississippi where he spent most of his youth until matriculating at 
Transylvania University in 1821. He did not complete his studies at 
Transylvania; instead, a Mississippi congressman nominated him to West
Point.  Davis entered September 1, 1824 and graduated in 1828
suceeding to a second lieutenant post in the United States Army. He
spent the next seven years of military duty in Illinois and Wisconsin,
where he met his first wife Sarah Knox Taylor, daughter of U.S.
President Zachary Taylor, under whom Davis served with distinction
during the Mexican War. Davis resigned from the United States Army on
June 30, 1835 and moved back to Mississippi with his wife.

A mere three months later, on September 15, 1835 Mrs. Davis died of
malarial fever. He quietly spent the next ten years of his life 1835
to 1845 on his plantation in Mississippi. In December of 1845 these
calm years ended with his election to the national House of
Representatives as a Democrat from Mississippi. Also, on February 
26, 1845 Davis married Varina Howell which linked him with the local
high society. He became increasingly more involved in politics and
fighting the abolistionist cause during the years that followed,
serving in Congress, as a national senator, and as secretary of war in
the cabinet of Franklin Pierce.

Upon Mississippi's secession from the Union, Davis resigned from
Senate,

January 21, 1861. He was inaugurated as provisional President of the
Confederacy on February 18, 1861 at Montgomery. Davis' loyalty to the
South was unquestionable, and in spite of anti-Davis sentiment in the
South, he was elected to his position of President in October 1861 and
formally inaugurated on February 22, 1862. Davis' presidency was a
time frought with tension and the obvious triumphs and  defeats which
the Civil War brought to the South. Davis remained determined to see
the South gain independence right to Lee's surrender at  Appomattox.

After being captured by Federal cavalry on May 10,  1865, Davis spent
two years as a prisoner in Fortress Monroe. Davis was never brought to
trial

and was released on bond, May 13, 1867. He spent the final twenty-two
years of his life traveling, undertaking business ventures, and
recording his career in The Rise and Fall of the Confederate
Government.

Jefferson Davis passed away on December 6, 1889 in 
New Orleans.

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