Davis, JEFFERSON

Chandler's Encyclopedia · 1898 · p. 25

LL.D., 1808-1889. M. C. from Mi . 184546; Colonel in the war with Mexico; U. S. Senator 1847-51 and 1857-61; Sec. of War 1853–57; Pres. Confederate States 1861-65; imprisoned 1865-67; pardoned 1868. Rise and Fall of the Con federate Government, 1881.