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Jefferson Davis was the only president of the Confederate States of America, serving from 1861 to 1865 during the American Civil War. Before the war, he served Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, and as the 23rd U.S. Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce.
Jefferson Davis was born on the 3rd of June, 1808, in Davisburg, a village his father Samuel established that later became Fairview, Kentucky. He was named after then-President Thomas Jefferson.
Davis was captured on the 9th of May, 1865, when Union soldiers found his encampment near Irwinville, Georgia. He was wearing a loose-sleeved cloak and had covered his head with a black shawl when he tried to evade them, which led to political cartoons depicting him fleeing in women's clothing.
Jefferson Davis was never tried for treason despite being charged. He was imprisoned at Fort Monroe for two years starting in May 1865, released on bail of $100,000 in May 1867, and in February 1869 the federal government formally dropped all charges against him without bringing the case to trial.
Davis published The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government in 1881, a two-volume work arguing for the righteousness of secession while downplaying slavery's role as a cause of the war. He also began A Short History of the Confederate States of America and dictated personal memoirs that were never finished.
Many memorials to Jefferson Davis have been removed. His statues were taken down in New Orleans, Memphis, at the University of Texas at Austin, and at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort. After the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, protesters toppled his Richmond statue; the city council funded removal of its pedestal, completed in February 2022, and transferred the artifacts to the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia.