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Jefferson Finis Davis, the first and only President of the Confederate States of America, was a planter, politician and soldier born in Kentucky and raised in

Birthdate. It is unclear whether Davis was born in 1807 or 1808, and Davis himself was unsure. He wrote an acquaintance in 1858 that "there has been some

Jefferson Fine Davis was born in 1808 in Fairview, Kentucky. He attended Transylvania College in 1821 but ultimately graduated from West Point in 1828 as a

Jefferson Davis was president of the Confederate States of America throughout its existence during the American Civil War (1861–65).

Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865.

Davis was a war hero, slaveholder, and longtime advocate of states' rights who nevertheless was not viewed to be a radical “fire-eater,” making him more