Several things were common between Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln. Here are some examples:
* both men were born in Kentucky;
* both were presidents, albeit of the same country at the same time
* both enacted draft laws during the US Civil War;
* both took a hand in military matters during the US Civil War;
* both were middle class in origin;
* both men serves in the US Congress; and
* both had more power than any presidents before them.
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A good way to compare Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis is to make a Venn Diagram
Abraham Lincoln for the Union; Jefferson Davis for the Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
They died at different times and by different ways
Jefferson Davis had nine brothers and sisters by his mother Jane. Joseph was Jane's oldest and Jefferson was her youngest. Some believe, as does the author, that Jefferson Davis had another sibling by his father Samuel and Nancy Lincoln. That would be Abraham Lincoln.