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1 day ago · Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865. Jefferson Davis was elected provisional president. His U.S. Senate resignation speech greatly impressed with its clear rationale for secession and his pleading for a peaceful departure from the Union to independence.
4 days ago · Learn about the personal and political life of Jefferson Davis from his great-great-grandson Bertram Hayes-Davis. Overview of the life of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America (1861–65) during the American Civil War. (more) See all videos for this article.
1 day ago · The fourth doctrine was advocated by Mississippi Senator (and soon to be Confederate President) Jefferson Davis. It was one of state sovereignty ("states' rights"), also known as the "Calhoun doctrine", named after the South Carolinian political theorist and statesman John C. Calhoun.
3 days ago · With Jefferson Davis of Mississippi at its head, the Confederate States of America came into being, set up its own bureaus and offices, issued its own money, raised its own taxes, and flew its own flag.
5 days ago · Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, was a staunch advocate of strict constructionism, a legal philosophy emphasizing a narrow interpretation of the Constitution.
22 hours ago · On 9 February 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederacy. Several other states also considered declaring secession at the time: Missouri convened a secession convention, which voted against secession and adjourned permanently.
3 days ago · First inauguration of Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederate States of America at Montgomery, Alabama, February 18, 1861. The next month, the Constitution of the Confederate States of America was proposed, and subsequently approved.
