President Jefferson Davis

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/President_Jefferson_Davis
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
gptkbp:birthDate 1808-06-03
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Fairview,_Kentucky,_United_States
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Hollywood_Cemetery,_Richmond,_Virginia
gptkbp:capturedBy gptkb:Union_Army
1865-05-10
gptkbp:children gptkb:Jefferson_Davis_Jr.
gptkb:Joseph_Evan_Davis
gptkb:Margaret_Howell_Davis
gptkb:Samuel_Emory_Davis
gptkb:Varina_Anne_Davis
gptkb:William_Howell_Davis
gptkbp:deathDate 1889-12-06
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:New_Orleans,_Louisiana,_United_States
gptkbp:father gptkb:Samuel_Emory_Davis
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Jefferson_Finis_Davis
gptkbp:honor Jefferson Davis Highway named after him
Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi named after him
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label President Jefferson Davis
gptkbp:imprisonedAt gptkb:Fort_Monroe
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:militaryRank Brigadier General
Colonel
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Jane_Cook_Davis
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableFor leadership during the American Civil War
President of the Confederacy
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:soldier
politician
gptkbp:officeHolder gptkb:United_States_Secretary_of_War
gptkb:President_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America
United States Senator from Mississippi
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:portrait Jefferson Davis 1853 portrait.jpg
gptkbp:predecessor office established
gptkbp:presidentDuringTerm gptkb:Franklin_Pierce
gptkbp:releasedFromPrison 1867
gptkbp:religion Episcopalian
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Mexican–American_War
gptkbp:signature Jefferson Davis Signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Sarah_Knox_Taylor
gptkb:Varina_Howell
gptkbp:successor office abolished
gptkbp:termEnd 1857-03-04
1865-05-10
gptkbp:termStart 1861-02-18
1853-03-07
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:The_Rise_and_Fall_of_the_Confederate_Government
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Confederate_Army_Positions
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7