“I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not.”

— Jefferson Davis

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About Jefferson Davis

Politician • American

Jefferson Davis was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. Before the Civil War, he represented Mississippi in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and...

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