Jefferson Davis served as Senator and Secretary of War before his election as President of the Confederate States of America.

Extensive information about the president of the Confederacy and his family, including biographical chronology, genealogy, and photographs.

Jefferson Davis - President of the Confederate States of America ...

Jefferson Davis Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born, like Abraham Lincoln, in Kentucky. His family seems to have been of modest circumstances, and soon moved to the newly opened southern frontier in Mississippi. Possessing great intelligence and imagination, Davis was educated at a number of institutions, including Transylvania University before entering West Point, from which he was graduated.