Jefferson Finis Davis (
June 3,
1808 –
December 6,
1889) was an
American politician who served as President of the
Confederate States of America for its entire history from
1861 to
1865 during the
American Civil War. During his presidency, Davis was never able to find a strategy that would defeat the larger, more industrially developed
Union. Davis's insistence on independence even in the face of crushing defeat prolonged the war, and while not exactly disgraced, he was displaced in
Southern affection after the war by the leading general,
Robert E. Lee. After Davis was captured in 1865, he was charged for
treason and had his U.S citizenship taken away. Davis regained his citizenship in 1978, 90 years after his death. A
West Point graduate, Davis prided himself on the military skills he gained in the
Mexican-American War as a colonel of a volunteer regiment, and as U.S.
Secretary of War under
Franklin Pierce.
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