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President of the Confederate States. February 22, 1862 May 10, 1865. Provisional: February 18, 1861 February 22, 1862.

23rd United States Secretary of War. March 7, 1853 March 4, 1857.

March 4, 1857 January 21, 1861. August 10, 1847 September 23, 1851. December 8, 1845 June 1, 1846. June 3, 1808 Fairview, Kentucky.

(aged 81) New Orleans, Louisiana. (June 3, 1808 December 6, 1889) was an American politician who was a U. Representative and Senator from Mississippi, the 23rd U. And the President of the Confederate States of America. During the American Civil War.

S large cotton plantations in Mississippi. Joseph Davis also secured his appointment to the U.

Military Academy at West Point. After graduating, Jefferson Davis served six years as a lieutenant in the U. He fought in the MexicanAmerican War. (18461848), as the colonel of a volunteer regiment.

He served as the U. From 1853 to 1857 under President. And as a Democratic U.

Before the war, he operated a large cotton plantation in Mississippi and owned more than 100 slaves. After the war had ended, he remained a proud apologist for the cause of slavery. For which he and the Confederacy had fought.

Although Davis argued against secession. He believed that each state was sovereign and had an unquestionable right to secede from the Union. Davis's first wife, Sarah Knox Taylor. After three months of marriage, and he also struggled with recurring bouts of the disease. He was unhealthy for much of his life.

At the age of 36 Davis married again, to 18-year-old Varina Howell. A native of Natchez who had been educated in Philadelphia. And had some family ties in the North. Only two survived him, and only one married and had children. Many historians attribute the Confederacy's weaknesses to the poor leadership of President Davis.

His preoccupation with detail, reluctance to delegate responsibility, lack of popular appeal, feuds with powerful state governors and generals, favoritism toward old friends, inability to get along with people who disagreed with him, neglect of civil matters in favor of military ones, and resistance to public opinion all worked against him. Historians agree he was a much less effective war leader than his Union counterpart Abraham Lincoln. After Davis was captured in 1865, he was accused of treason.

In the early 18th century. The rest of his ancestry was English.

After arriving in Philadelphia, Davis's paternal grandfather Evan settled in the colony of Georgia, which was developed chiefly along the coast. He married the widow Lydia Emory Williams, who had two sons from a previous marriage. Their son Samuel Emory Davis was born in 1756. He served in the Continental Army.

During the American Revolutionary War. Along with his two older half-brothers. In 1783, after the war, he married Jane Cook.

She was born in 1759 to William Cook and his wife Sarah Simpson in what is now Christian County, Kentucky. In 1793, the Samuel Davis family relocated to Kentucky, establishing what is now the community of Fairview. On the border of Christian and Todd.

Samuel had been a young man when Thomas Jefferson. Wrote the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson was the third President of the United States.

And Samuel, admiring him greatly, named his last son after the president. Coincidentally, Abraham Lincoln was born eight months later, less than 100 miles (160 km) to the northeast in Hodgenville, Kentucky. In the early 20th century, the Jefferson Davis State Historic Site.

Was established near the site of Davis's birth. During Davis's youth, his family moved twice: in 1811 to St. And less than a year later to Wilkinson County, Mississippi.

His brother Joseph, who was 24 years older, acted as a surrogate father and encouraged Jefferson in his education. Two years later, Davis entered the Catholic school of Saint Thomas at St. A school operated by the Dominican Order. At the time, he was the only Protestant student at the school.

(West Point) starting in late 1824. While there, he was placed under house arrest for his role in the Eggnog Riot.

Cadets smuggled whiskey into the academy to make eggnog, and more than one-third of the cadets were involved in the incident. In June 1828, Davis graduated 23rd in a class of 33. Following graduation, Second Lieutenant Davis was assigned to the 1st Infantry Regiment. And was stationed at Fort Crawford.

Davis fell in love with Sarah Knox Taylor. Daughter of his commanding officer; future president Zachary Taylor. Both Sarah and Davis sought Taylor's permission to marry. Taylor refused, as he did not wish his daughter to have the difficult life of a military wife on frontier army posts. Davis's own experience led him to appreciate Taylor's objection.

He consulted with his older brother Joseph. And they both began to question the value of an Army career.

Davis hesitated to leave, but his desire for Sarah overcame this, and he resigned his commission in a letter dated April 20, 1835. He had arranged for the letter to be sent to the War Department for him on May 12 when he did not return from leave. He had made no mention to Taylor of his intention to resign.

Against his former commander's wishes, on June 17, he married Sarah in Louisville, Kentucky. His resignation became effective June 30. Davis's older brother Joseph had been very successful and owned Hurricane Plantation. And 1,800 acres (730 ha).

Davis was also severely ill. And his family feared for his life.

For several years following Sarah's death, Davis was reclusive and honored her memory. He spent time clearing Brierfield and developing his plantation, studied government and history, and had private political discussions with his brother Joseph.

Davis promoted Pemberton to be overseer of the field teams. In 1860, he owned 113 slaves.

In 1840, Davis first became involved in politics when he attended a Democratic Party. Meeting in Vicksburg and, to his surprise, was chosen as a delegate to the party's state convention in Jackson.

In 1844, Davis was sent to the party convention for a third time, and his interest in politics deepened. He was selected as one of six presidential electors for the 1844 presidential election. And campaigned effectively throughout Mississippi for the Democratic candidate James K. Wedding photograph of Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell, 1845. In 1844, Davis met Varina Banks Howell.

Her mother's family was from the South and included successful Scots-Irish planters. Within a month of their meeting, the 35-year-old widower Davis had asked Varina to marry him, and they became engaged despite her parents' initial concerns about his age and politics.

They were married on February 26, 1845. During this time, Davis was persuaded to become a candidate for the United States House of Representatives and began canvassing for the election. In early October 1845 he traveled to Woodville. He arrived a day early to visit his mother there, only to find that she had died the day before. Jefferson and Varina had six children; three died before reaching adulthood.

Samuel Emory, born July 30, 1852, was named after his grandfather; he died June 30, 1854, of an undiagnosed disease. Margaret Howell was born February 25, 1855. And was the only child to marry and raise a family. She married Joel Addison Hayes, Jr. (18481919), and they had five children.

They were married in St. Nicknamed "The Confederate Officers' Church", in Memphis, Tennessee. In the late 19th century, they moved from Memphis to Colorado Springs, Colorado. She died on July 18, 1909, at the age of 54.

Known as "Winnie", was born on June 27, 1864, several months after her brother Joseph's death. She was known as the Daughter of the Confederacy as she was born during the war. After her parents refused to let her marry into a northern abolitionist family, she never married. She died nine years after her father, on September 18, 1898, at age 34.

Davis had poor health for most of his life, including repeated bouts of malaria, battle wounds from fighting in the MexicanAmerican War. And a chronic eye infection that made bright light painful. He also had trigeminal neuralgia. A nerve disorder that causes severe pain in the face; it has been called one of the most painful known ailments.

In 1846 the MexicanAmerican War began. Davis resigned his House seat in early June and raised a volunteer regiment, the 155th Infantry Regiment. Becoming its colonel under the command of his former father-in-law, General Zachary Taylor. On July 21 the regiment sailed from New Orleans for Texas. Colonel Davis sought to arm his regiment with the M1841 Mississippi rifle.

The regiment became known as the Mississippi Rifles because it was the first to be fully armed with these new weapons. The incident was the start of a lifelong feud between Davis and Scott.

In September, Davis participated in the Battle of Monterrey. During which he led a successful charge on the La Teneria fort. On February 22, 1847, Davis fought bravely at the Battle of Buena Vista. And was shot in the foot, being carried to safety by Robert H.

In recognition of Davis's bravery and initiative, Taylor is reputed to have said, My daughter, sir, was a better judge of men than I was. On May 17, President Polk offered Davis a federal commission as a brigadier general.

And command of a brigade. Davis declined the appointment, arguing that the Constitution. Gives the power of appointing militia officers to the states, not the federal government.

Who had died on May 1, 1847. Davis took his temporary seat on December 5, and in January 1848 he was elected by the state legislature to serve the remaining two years of the term. In December, during the 30th United States Congress. Davis was made a regent of the Smithsonian Institution. And began serving on the Committee on Military Affairs and the Library Committee.

In 1848, Senator Davis proposed and introduced an amendment (the first of several) to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. That would have annexed most of northeastern Mexico. But it failed on a vote of 11 to 44. Southerners wanted to increase territory held in Mexico as an area for the expansion of slavery. Davis declared that it "must be ours" to increase the number of slaveholding constituencies.

He also was concerned about the security implications of aish holding lying relatively close to the coast of Florida. A group of Cuban revolutionaries led by Venezuelan adventurer Narciso López.

Intended to liberate Cuba fromish rule by the sword. Searching for a military leader for a filibuster.

Expedition, they first offered command of the Cuban forces to General William J. But he died before making his decision. In the summer of 1849, López visited Davis and asked him to lead the expedition. , plus the same amount when Cuba was liberated. Davis turned down the offer, stating that it was inconsistent with his duty as a senator.

He took part in a convention on states' rights. In the weeks leading up to the presidential election of 1852. He campaigned in numerous Southern states for Democratic candidates Franklin Pierce. Jefferson Davis around age 45, 1853.

Franklin Pierce won the presidential election, and in 1853 made Davis his Secretary of War. In this capacity, Davis began the Pacific Railroad Surveys.

In order to determine various possible routes for the proposed Transcontinental Railroad. Of today's southern Arizona. He saw the size of the regular army as insufficient to fulfill its mission, and maintained that salaries would have to be increased, something which had not occurred for 25 years. Congress agreed and increased the pay scale, and added four regiments which increased the army's size from about 11,000 to about 15,000. Davis also introduced general usage of the rifles that he had used successfully during the MexicanAmerican War.

Davis's term was to end with Pierce's, so he ran for the Senate, was elected, and re-entered it on March 4, 1857. In the 1840s, tensions were growing between the North and South over various issues including slavery. Introduced in 1846, contributed to these tensions; if passed, it would have banned slavery in any land acquired from Mexico. Brought a temporary respite, but the Dred Scott. Case, decided by the United States Supreme Court.

As he explained in his memoir The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government , Davis believed that each state was sovereign and had an unquestionable right to secede from the Union. At the same time, he counseled delay among his fellow Southerners, because he did not think that the North would permit the peaceable exercise of the right to secession.

Having served as secretary of war under President Pierce, he also knew that the South lacked the military and naval resources necessary for defense in a war. Following the election of Abraham Lincoln.

Adopted an ordinance of secession on December 20, 1860, and Mississippi did so on January 9, 1861. Davis had expected this but waited until he received official notification. On January 21, the day Davis called "the saddest day of my life".

He was inaugurated on February 18, 1861. Was chosen as Vice President, but he and Davis feuded constantly. Davis was the first choice because of his strong political and military credentials.

Davis sent a commission to Washington with an offer to pay for any federal property on Southern soil, as well as the Southern portion of the national debt, but Lincoln refused to meet with the commissioners. Brief informal discussions did take place with Secretary of State William Seward. From Alabama, he later resigned from the federal government. Seward hinted that Fort Sumter. Would be evacuated, but gave no assurance.

On March 1, 1861, Davis appointed General P. To command all Confederate troops. In the vicinity of Charleston, South Carolina.

Davis faced the most important decision of his career: to prevent reinforcement at Fort Sumter or to let it take place. He and his cabinet decided to demand that the Federal garrison surrender and, if this was refused, to use military force to prevent reinforcement before the fleet arrived. The Confederates launched an artillery attack on Fort Sumter until it surrendered. No one was killed in the artillery duel, but the attack on the U.

Fortress meant the fighting had started. President Lincoln called up state militia to march south to recapture Federal property. In the North and South, massive rallies were held to demand immediate war.

The Civil War had begun. At the start of the war, nearly 21 million people lived in the North compared to 9 million in the South. The North had vastly greater industrial capacity, built nearly all of the locomotives, steamships, and industrial machinery, and had a much larger and more integrated railroad system. Nearly all of the munitions facilities were in the North, while critical ingredients for gunpowder were in very short supply in the South. The Union had a large navy, whereas the new Confederacy had only a few captured warshipsthe handful it built were failures.

To a full six-year term on November 6, 1861 and was inaugurated on February 22, 1862. In June 1862, in his most successful action, Davis assigned General Robert E. To replace the wounded Joseph E. In command of the Army of Northern Virginia. The main Confederate army in the Eastern Theater.

He largely made the main strategic decisions on his own, though he had special respect for Lee's views. Given the Confederacy's limited resources compared with the Union, Davis decided that the Confederacy would have to fight mostly on the strategic defensive. He maintained a mostly defensive outlook throughout the war, paying special attention to the defense of his national capital at Richmond.

Was the first Secretary of State and Christopher Memminger. Became Secretary of the Treasury.

Of Alabama was made Secretary of War, after being recommended for this post by Clement Clay. (both of whom declined to accept cabinet positions themselves).

Since the Confederacy was founded, among other things, on states' rights, one important factor in Davis's choice of cabinet members was representation from the various states. He depended partly upon recommendations from congressmen and other prominent people. This helped maintain good relations between the executive and legislative branches. This also led to complaints as more states joined the Confederacy, however, because there were more states than cabinet positions. As the war progressed, this dissatisfaction increased and there were frequent changes to the cabinet.

Toombs, who had wished to be president himself, was frustrated as an advisor and resigned within a few months of his appointment to join the army. Of Virginia replaced him as Secretary of State on July 25, 1861. On September 17, Walker resigned as Secretary of War due to a conflict with Davis, who had questioned his management of the War Department and had suggested he consider a different position. Walker requested, and was given, command of the troops in Alabama. Benjamin left the Attorney General position to replace him, and Thomas Bragg.

Following the November 1861 election. Davis announced the permanent cabinet in March 1862.

Both kept their positions throughout the war. Memminger remained Secretary of the Treasury, while Thomas Hill Watts. Of Alabama was made Attorney General. In 1862 Randolph resigned from the War Department, and James Seddon.

The administration sent repeated delegations to European nations, but several factors prevented Southern success in terms of foreign diplomacy. Of the Confederacy led European powers to remain neutral, contrary to the Southern belief that a blockade would cut off the supply of cotton to Britain and other European nations and prompt them to intervene on behalf of the South.

Many European countries objected to slavery. Britain had abolished it in the 1830s, and Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Of 1863 made support for the South even less appealing in Europe. Finally, as the war progressed and the South's military prospects dwindled, foreign powers were not convinced that the Confederacy had the strength to become independent. In the end, not a single foreign nation recognized the Confederate States of America.

Most historians sharply criticize Davis for his flawed military strategy, his selection of friends for military commands, and his neglect of homefront crises. On January 31, 1865, Lee assumed this role, but it was far too late. Davis insisted on a strategy of trying to defend all Southern territory with ostensibly equal effort.

At Vicksburg, the failure to coordinate multiple forces on both sides of the Mississippi River rested primarily on Davis's inability to create a harmonious departmental arrangement or to force such generals as Edmund Kirby Smith. Davis has been faulted for poor coordination and management of his generals. This includes his reluctance to resolve a dispute between Leonidas Polk.

Davis gave speeches to soldiers and politicians but largely ignored the common people. Who came to resent the favoritism shown the rich and powerful; Davis thus failed to harness Confederate nationalism.

One historian speaks of the heavy-handed intervention of the Confederate government. Economic intervention, regulation, and state control of manpower, production and transport were much greater in the Confederacy than in the Union. Davis did not use his presidential pulpit to rally the people with stirring rhetoric; he called instead for people to be fatalistic and to die for their new country.

Apart from two month-long trips across the country where he met a few hundred people, Davis stayed in Richmond where few people saw him; newspapers had limited circulation, and most Confederates had little favorable information about him. To finance the war, the Confederate government initially issued bonds, but investment from the public never met the demands. Inflation increased from 60% in 1861 to 300% in 1863 and 600% in 1864. Davis did not seem to grasp the enormity of the problem. In April 1863, food shortages led to rioting in Richmond, as poor people robbed and looted numerous stores for food until Davis cracked down and restored order.

Davis feuded bitterly with his vice president. Perhaps even more seriously, he clashed with powerful state governors who used states' rights arguments to withhold their militia units from national service and otherwise blocked mobilization plans. Davis is widely evaluated as a less effective war leader than Lincoln, even though Davis had extensive military experience and Lincoln had little. Davis would have preferred to be an army general and tended to manage military matters himself. Lincoln and Davis led in very different ways.

Lincoln led his nation; Davis failed to rally the South. There were many factors that led to Union victory over the Confederacy, and Davis recognized from the start that the South was at a distinct disadvantage; but in the end, Lincoln helped to achieve victory, whereas Davis contributed to defeat.

Temporary residence of Jefferson Davis and dubbed Last Capitol of the Confederacy. In March 1865, General Order 14 provided for enlisting slaves into the army, with a promise of freedom for service. The idea had been suggested years earlier, but Davis did not act upon it until late in the war, and very few slaves were enlisted. On April 3, with Union troops.

Lincoln sat in Davis' Richmond office just 40 hours later. Which served as Davis's temporary residence from April 3 to April 10, 1865. On about April 12, Davis received Robert E. Lee's letter announcing surrender.

As the Confederate military structure fell into disarray, the search for Davis by Union forces intensified. President Davis met with his Confederate Cabinet for the last time on May 5, 1865, in Washington, Georgia. And officially dissolved the Confederate government. The meeting took place at the Heard house, the Georgia Branch Bank Building, with 14 officials present.

On June 15, 1865, Union soldiers seized Davis's personal baggage from the agent, together with some of the Confederate government's records. A historical marker was erected at this site.

In 1939, Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site. Was opened to mark the place where Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured.

Irons were riveted to his ankles at the order of General Nelson Miles. Who was in charge of the fort. Davis was allowed no visitors, and no books except the Bible. He became sicker, and the attending physician warned that his life was in danger, but this treatment continued for some months until late autumn when he was finally given better quarters.

General Miles was transferred in mid-1866, and Davis's treatment continued to improve. See Pope Pius IX and the United States. , seeing himself a prisoner in the Vatican, after learning that Davis was a prisoner, sent him a portrait inscribed with the Latin words " Venite ad me omnes qui laboratis, et ego reficiam vos, dicit Dominus ", which correspond to Matthew 11:28.

"Come to me, all you that labor, and are burdened, and I will refresh you, sayeth the Lord". A hand-woven crown of thorns.

Associated with the portrait is often said to have been made by the Pope. But may have been woven by Davis's wife Varina. Varina and their young daughter Winnie were allowed to join Davis, and the family was eventually given an apartment in the officers' quarters. While imprisoned; one of his attorneys was ex-Governor Thomas Pratt. There was a great deal of discussion in 1865 about bringing treason trials, especially against Jefferson Davis, and there was no consensus in President Johnson's cabinet to do so.

Although Davis wanted such a trial for himself, there were no treason trials against anyone, as it was felt they would probably not succeed and would impede reconciliation. There was also a concern at the time that such action could result in a judicial decision. That would validate the constitutionality. Of secession later removed by the Supreme Court ruling in Texas v.

Smith was a former member of the Secret Six. Who had supported abolitionist John Brown.

Davis went to Montreal, Canada. To join his family which had fled there earlier, and lived in Lennoxville, Quebec. Also visiting Cuba, and Europe in search of work.

At one stage he stayed as a guest of James Smith, a foundry owner in Glasgow, who had struck up a friendship with Davis when he toured the Southern States promoting his foundry business. Davis remained under indictment until Andrew Johnson issued on Christmas Day.

Of 1868 a presidential pardon. " for the offense of treason to "every person who directly or indirectly participated in the late insurrection or rebellion and after a federal circuit court. On February 15, 1869, dismissed the case against Davis after the government's attorney informed the court that he would no longer continue to prosecute Davis. Jefferson Davis at his home, c.

Where he resided at the Peabody Hotel. Upon General Lee's death in 1870, Davis presided over the memorial meeting in Richmond.

Senate again, he was refused the office in 1875, having been barred from Federal office by Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. He turned down the opportunity to become the first president of the Agriculture and Mechanical College of Texas. Davis publicly remained silent on his opinions; but privately he expressed opinions that federal military rule and Republican authority over former Confederate states was unjustified. He considered "Yankee and Negroe" rule in the South oppressive.

On the Gulf Coast facing the Gulf of Mexico. She provided him with a cabin for his own use and helped him with his writing through organization, dictation, editing, and encouragement. Dorsey died in 1879, by which time both the Davises and Winnie were living at Beauvoir. Over the next two years, Davis completed The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government. Davis's reputation among ex-Confederates was restored by the book and by his warm reception on his tour of the region in 1886 and 1887.

In numerous stops, he attended Lost Cause. Ceremonies, where large crowds showered him with affection and local leaders presented emotional speeches honoring his sacrifices to the would-be nation. Such events helped the South come to terms with their defeat and continued for decades after the war. The Meriden Daily Journal stated that Davis, at a reception held in New Orleans in May 1887, urged southerners to be loyal to the nation. He said, United you are now, and if the Union is ever to be broken, let the other side break it.

Davis stated that men in the Confederacy had successfully fought for their own rights with inferior numbers during the Civil War and that the northern historians ignored this view. Davis firmly believed that Confederate secession was constitutional. The former Confederate president was optimistic concerning American prosperity and the next generation.

Davis completed A Short History of the Confederate States of America. On November 6, he left Beauvoir to visit his plantation at Brierfield. While in New Orleans, he was caught in a sleety rain, and on the steamboat trip upriver, he had a severe cold; on November 13 he left Brierfield to return to New Orleans. Varina Davis, who had taken another boat to Brierfield, met him on the river, and he finally received some medical care; two doctors came aboard further south and found he had acute bronchitis complicated by malaria. They arrived in New Orleans three days later, and he was taken to the home of Charles Erasmus Fenner, an Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.

Davis remained in bed but was stable for the next two weeks; however, he took a turn for the worse in early December. Just when he appeared to be improving, he lost consciousness on the evening of December 5 and died at 12:45 a. On Friday, December 6, 1889, in the presence of several friends and with his hand in Varina's. Funeral procession of Jefferson Davis in New Orleans.

Jefferson Davis burial site at Hollywood Cemetery. Postwar portrait of Jefferson Davis by Daniel Huntington. Jefferson Davis served in many roles. As a soldier, he was brave and resourceful. As a politician, he served as a United States senator and a Mississippi congressman and was active and accomplished, although he never completed a full term in any elected position.

Some portions of his legacy were created not as memorials, but as contemporary recognition of his service at the time. Fort Davis National Historic Site.

The surrounding area was designated Jeff Davis County. In 1887, with the town of Fort Davis as the county seat. Other states containing a Jeff Davis County or Parish include Louisiana. Numerous memorials to Jefferson Davis. The largest is the 351-foot (107 m) concrete obelisk.

Located at the Jefferson Davis State Historic Site. In 1913, the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

In 2005; the house reopened in 2008. Bertram Hayes-Davis, Davis's great-great grandson, is the executive director of Beauvoir, which is owned by the Mississippi Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

His actual birthday, June 3, is celebrated in Florida. In Alabama, it is celebrated on the first Monday in June. In Mississippi, the last Monday of May Memorial Day.

16 on October 17, 1978. In signing the law, President Jimmy Carter. Referred to this as the last act of reconciliation in the Civil War. Several memorials to Davis have become contentious in recent years. In some instances, such controversies have resulted in the renaming, relocation or removal of a memorial.

Likewise, a statue of Abraham Lincoln, donated to the Civil War Visitor Center in Richmond in 2003, resulted in protests. In 2011, the County Board of Arlington County, Virginia.

However, no member of Arlington's legislative delegation offered any such legislation during the 2016 session of the General Assembly. In February 2016, the Virginia Attorney General. S office issued an advisory opinion that the City of Alexandria. Unlike the neighboring Arlington County, had the legal authority to change the name of the portion of Jefferson Davis Highway that was within the city's jurisdiction. In September 2016, the Alexandria City Council voted unanimously to change the name of the city's portion of the highway.

In 1998, officials of the city of Vancouver, Washington. Removed a marker of the Jefferson Davis Highway Washington State Route 99.

And placed it in a cemetery shed in an action that several years later became controversial. The marker was subsequently moved twice, and eventually was placed alongside Interstate 5. In 2002, the Washington House of Representatives. Unanimously approved a bill that would have removed Davis' name from the road. However, a committee of the state's Senate.

In March 2016, the Washington State Legislature. Unanimously passed a joint memorial. That asked the state's transportation commission. To designate the road as the William P. Stewart Memorial Highway to honor an African-American.

Of the town and city of Snohomish. In May 2016, the transportation commission agreed to rename the road. List of memorials to Jefferson Davis. List of United States Senators from Mississippi. The item "CONFEDERATE PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS autograph PSA/DNA Civil War FULL NAME RARE" is in sale since Saturday, December 31, 2016.

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