Davis, Jefferson

A political leader of the nineteenth century. He was a powerful cabinet officer in the 1850s. When his home state of Mississippi seceded from the Union ( see secession ), Davis left the Senate to join the government of the Confederacy . He served as president of the Confederacy throughout its existence.

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He has a new book [Embattled Rebel] about Jefferson Davis as a commander in chief.

They hate that Lincoln suspended habeas corpus; they never note that Jefferson Davis did, too.

Wilde called on a sepulchral Jefferson Davis at his Mississippi Plantation.

Even Jefferson Davis opposed secession when he was a senator from Mississippi.

And Wilde wrote of Jefferson Davis that he was "fascinating, as all failures are."

Jefferson Davis disguised himself in the hood, shawl, and dress of his wife in 1865.

Was it, indeed, a part of the great Southern rebellion, instigated by the emissaries of Jefferson Davis?

Colonel Jefferson Davis commanded with distinction a regiment of Mississippi riflemen.

Jefferson Davis was indicted for treason; his trial never took place, as President Johnson issued a general amnesty proclamation.

Two days later he was writing President Jefferson Davis requesting reinforcements.

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