The first and only person to serve as President of the Confederate States of America was Jefferson Davis, 1808 - 1889.
The first and only person to serve as Vice President of the Confederate States of America was Alexander Hamilton Stephens, 1812 - 1883.
Jefferson Davis was the only President of the Confederacy. He ran the government from the Capital in Richmond.
Jefferson F. Davis of Mississippi was the President of the Confederate States of America. He was the only man to hold the office since the Confederacy elected their president to a single six year term and the war was over before his term expired.
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis.
That would be Jefferson Davis. He was the only president of the C.S., but was sort of relieved of his duties as the Civil War kept on going - his mind apparently got into lala land, and he could not make any decisions.
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
Jefferson Davis
Confederate Provisional President Jefferson Davis created the first Confederate army in March of 1861. He called for 100,000 men to serve for twelve months. The army's name was the Provisional Army of the Confederate States. Davis named its first office, Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard to the position of brigadier general. He was a USMA graduate.
Jefferson Davis was named as temporary President of the Confederacy in 1861. The following year the Confederate Congress voted him for a six year term as president. Davis grew up in Mississippi, and thus it can be said he was the Mississippian voted to be the Confederate president.
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America throughout the war. He was first named the provisional Confederate president, then he was elected by the Confederate Congress to a six year term as president.
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
Jefferson Davis
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
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The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
Jefferson Davis served as the president of the newly formed Confederate States of America. He was not the first choice for the job, but he was very popular throughout the South. At the start of the conflict, he moved to Richmond, the Confederate capital, and began amassing troops.