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Jefferson Davis

1808 - 1889

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Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American Civil War. He was the United States Secretary of War from 1853 to 1857. Davis, the youngest of ten children, was born in Fairview, Kentucky, but spent most of his childhood in Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jefferson Davis is the 1,480th most popular politician (down from 1,266th in 2019), the 494th most popular biography from United States (down from 368th in 2019) and the 70th most popular American Politician.

Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jefferson Davis ranks 1,480 out of 19,576. Before him are Lucius Aelius, Louis II of Italy, Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, Clodius Albinus, Xuande Emperor, and Adolf of Germany. After him are Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Stephen, King of England, John VI Kantakouzenos, Wenceslaus III of Bohemia, Muhammad Shah, and John VI of Portugal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1808, Jefferson Davis ranks 8. Before him are Honoré Daumier, Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, Andrew Johnson, Patrice de MacMahon, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, and Antonio Meucci. After him are Frederick VII of Denmark, Emir Abdelkader, Gérard de Nerval, Johann Gustav Droysen, David Strauss, and Maria Malibran. Among people deceased in 1889, Jefferson Davis ranks 4. Before him are James Prescott Joule, Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, and Antonio Meucci. After him are Baroness Mary Vetsera, Lucy Webb Hayes, Yohannes IV, Luís I of Portugal, Michel Eugène Chevreul, Father Damien, Alexandre Cabanel, and Mihai Eminescu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jefferson Davis ranks 494 out of 20,380. Before him are Bob Kahn (1938), Stevie Wonder (1950), Faye Dunaway (1941), Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809), John Saxon (1935), and Frank Lucas (1930). After him are Aaron T. Beck (1921), Edward Adelbert Doisy (1893), Cliff Burton (1962), Rutherford B. Hayes (1822), Fred Astaire (1899), and Eddie Fisher (1928).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Jefferson Davis ranks 70. Before him are Robert F. Kennedy (1925), Fiorello H. La Guardia (1882), Lou Henry Hoover (1874), Bill Nelson (1942), Millard Fillmore (1800), and Edith Wilson (1872). After him are Rutherford B. Hayes (1822), John Tyler (1790), Jim Mattis (1950), Frances Cleveland (1864), Pontiac (1714), and Dick Cheney (1941).

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