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Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1807 or 1808–December 6, 1889) was an American soldier and politician, and slave owner most famous for serving as the only president of the Confederate States, leading the rebelling southern slave states (which were known as the Confederate States of America) to defeat during the American Civil War, 1861-65.
Before the Civil War, Davis served in the Mississippi Legislature, the U.S. House and U.S. Senate. He fought in the Mexican-American War as a colonel of a volunteer regiment. Later he became Secretary of War in the cabinet of U.S. President Franklin Pierce.
Early life, education, and military career
Davis was born on a farm in Christian County, Kentucky, near the border with Todd County. (His birthplace is now the Jefferson Davis State Historic Site). Davis himself was unsure of his birth year. He wrote: "there has been some controversy about the year of my birth among the older members of my family, and I am not a competent witness in the case, having once supposed the year to have been 1807, I was subsequently corrected by being informed it was 1808, and have rested upon that point because it was just as good, and no better than another." The Papers of Jefferson Davis, 1:lxv-lxvi. Haskell M. Monroe, Jr., and James T. McIntosh, ed. 1971. More on [ Jefferson Davis ]
"Nunca seja arrogante com os humildes. Nunca seja humilde com os arrogantes. " (Jefferson Davis)
natali_sabriano (Nátali/ Brigitte) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:05:29 -0000
"Nunca seja arrogante com os humildes. Nunca seja humilde com os arrogantes. " (Jefferson Davis)
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