Jefferson Davis in the United States
Davis, Jefferson (1808_1889)
United States Constitution
According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled DAVIS, JEFFERSON (1808_1889) A Mississippi planter, Jefferson Davis graduated from West Point, served with distinction in the Mexican War, and was a congressman (1845_1846) , senator (1847_1851, 1857_1861) and secretary of war (1853_1857) . In 1861 he reluctantly resigned from the Senate when
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