President Jefferson Davis?
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:12 am
by Achilles84
You know how whenever you see in American History books (ones used in elementary, high school, etc.) that has names and portraits of all of the American Presidents from past to present, Jefferson Davis is never listed? I always speculated about that. Should he be? I mean, he was an American AND a President. Discuss...
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:20 am
by Mortar
Well, he was never technically elected to president of the United States of America....he was the first and as far as I know only
president of the Confederate States of America...if I recall he did serve as a secretary of war at some point for the USA
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 3:14 am
by dublish
Mortar wrote:Well, he was never technically elected to president of the United States of America....he was the first and as far as I know only
president of the Confederate States of America...if I recall he did serve as a secretary of war at some point for the USA
Davis was indeed the only president of the CSA, and was also one of the best SecWar's the USA had ever had up to 1860. He was also a Representative and Senator for several terms during the 1840s and 50s.
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:53 pm
by Gray_Lensman
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