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Jefferson F. Davis was an American politician who served as the President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1861-1865).

He was a strong supporter of states' rights and slavery and had a successful political career in the Democratic Party, representing Mississippi in the US Senate and House of Representatives and serving as the US Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce.

Despite leading the Confederacy, Davis failed to match the military and political success of Union President Abraham Lincoln, was captured as a prisoner of war after the Confederate defeat in 1865, and spent the rest of his life defending his actions during the Civil War, remaining a controversial figure in American history.

EARLY LIFE

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  Davis was born on 3 June 1808 in Fairview, Kentucky, the youngest of ten children born to Samuel and Jane Davis. His mother was of