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Varina Davis

1826 - 1906

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Varina Anne Banks Davis (née Howell; May 7, 1826 – October 16, 1906) was the only First Lady of the Confederate States of America, and the longtime second wife of President Jefferson Davis. She moved to the presidential mansion in Richmond, Virginia, in mid-1861, and lived there for the remainder of the Civil War. Born and raised in the Southern United States and educated in Philadelphia, she had family on both sides of the conflict and unconventional views for a woman in her public role. She did not support the Confederacy's position on slavery, and was ambivalent about the war. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Varina Davis is the 18,107th most popular politician (down from 17,531st in 2024), the 14,005th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,582nd in 2019) and the 1,078th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Varina Davis ranks 18,107 out of 19,576. Before her are Robert Kaliňák, Deval Patrick, Gaspar Llamazares, Aysen Nikolayev, Ashok Gehlot, and Bajram Kosumi. After her are Nyamko Sabuni, Mamady Youla, John Davis Lodge, Bill Lee, Raúl Fernando Sendic Rodríguez, and Jean-Noël Barrot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, Varina Davis ranks 67. Before her are José Eusebio Otalora, Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl, Emily Blackwell, John Buford, Henry John Stephen Smith, and Dinah Craik.  Among people deceased in 1906, Varina Davis ranks 82. Before her are Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Oscar Levertin, John Schofield, Richard Seddon, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Eastman Johnson. After her is Michael Davitt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Varina Davis ranks 14,009 out of 20,380. Before her are Eddie Jemison (1963), Sarah Chang (1980), Jon Carin (1964), Walter Abel (1898), Kimberly Kane (1983), and Kirk Baptiste (1963). After her are Steven S. DeKnight (1910), Ross Marquand (1981), George McGinnis (1950), Natalie Merchant (1963), Butch Hartman (1965), and Ronnie Montrose (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Varina Davis ranks 1,078. Before her are Mike Crapo (1951), Ben Nighthorse Campbell (1933), Gretchen Whitmer (1971), Eleanor Holmes Norton (1937), Eliot Spitzer (1959), and Deval Patrick (1956). After her are John Davis Lodge (1903), Bill Lee (1959), Wally Hickel (1919), Frank Carlson (1893), Tom Harkin (1939), and Harry F. Byrd (1887).

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