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JEFFERSON DAVIS, PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY
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JEIZFEIZQSON DZXVIS. LIFE-Urmimonle. ORN in Christian County, Kentucky, June 3, 1808. In childhood removed to Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Was a student of Transylvania College, 1822-23. Appointed to YVest Point by President Monroe, 1824. Graduated from West Point, 1828. Made First Lieutenant and Adjutant of regiment March, 1833. Served with distinction through Black Hawk war, but resigned his commis- sion in army, 1835. Married a daughter of General Zachary Taylor, 1835. Devoted himself to study and planting, 1835-43. Elected to Congress, 1815. Resigned his seat to accept the commission as Colonel of Mississippi Rifles, 1846. Largely instrumental in saving day at Buena Vista, February 23, 1847. Appointed to the National Senate, 1847. Candidate for Governor of Mississippi, but defeated by General Foote, 1851. Secretary of War under President Pierce, 1853-57. Elected to United States Senate, January, 1857. Withdrew from the Senate immediately after the secession of Mississippi, January, 1861 Inaugurated President of Confederate States at Montgomery, Alabama, Feb- ruary 18, 1861. Re-elected President of Confederacy for six years, and inaugurated at Rich- mond, Virginia, February 22, 1862 Appointed General Robert E. Lee Commander-in-chief of the army, March 13, 1862. Taken prisoner, May 10, 1865. , Released from prison, May, 1867. Died in New Orleans, December 6, 1889.
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