Jefferson Davis: An American President

Jefferson Davis was the Confederate States of America's first and only president. But what few people realize is that Jefferson Davis had already lived half a century before the Civil War began, much of which was spent in the patriotic service to the United States of America. As an Army officer, congressman, Secretary of War, and two-term Mississippi senator, Davis was instrumental in founding the Smithsonian Institute, and was largely responsible for the current design of the United States Capitol.