<P> Jefferson Finis Davis ( June 3 , 1808 -- December 6 , 1889 ) was an American politician who served as the only President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865 . As a member of the Democratic Party , he represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives prior to switching allegiance to the Confederacy . He was appointed as the United States Secretary of War , serving from 1853 to 1857 , under President Franklin Pierce . </P>
<P> Jefferson Finis Davis ( June 3 , 1808 -- December 6 , 1889 ) was an American politician who served as the only President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865 . As a member of the Democratic Party , he represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives prior to switching allegiance to the Confederacy . He was appointed as the United States Secretary of War , serving from 1853 to 1857 , under President Franklin Pierce . </P>
president of the south in the civil war
president of the south in the civil war
Jefferson Finis Davis
Jefferson Finis Davis