Davis, Jefferson
statesman, president of the confederacy, was born June 3, 1808, in Christian county, Ky. In 1844 he was a presidential elector, and in 1845 was elected a representative in congress from Mississippi. He resigned in 1846 to become colonel of a volunteer regiment to serve in Mexico, and in Mexico received the appointment of brigadiergeneral. In 1847 he was appointed a senator in congress to fill a vacancy, and was elected for the term ending in 1851; and resigned in 1850, and was re-elected for a term of six years, but resigned. He was appointed secretary of war by President Pierce, serving throughout his administration. In 1857 he again took his seat in the United States senate for the term of six years. He wrote the Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government. He died in 1889. a