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Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis

Birthname

AKA Jefferson Davis

Birthday June 3, 1808

Death December 6, 1889

Educated At Transylvania University, United States Military Academy At West Point

Political Parties Democratic Party

Nationality United States Of America, Statelessness

Occupations Politician

Spouse Varina Davis, Sarah Knox Taylor

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[Henry Ford] is too small to be treated as an obstacle round which the course of the democratic party should be bent.

— Jefferson Davis, Jefferson Davis, American

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My early declared purpose and continued hope was to feed upon this enemy and teach them the blessings of peace by making them feel in its most tangible form the evils of war.

— Jefferson Davis, Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings (Modern Library)

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