Jefferson Davis is best known as the only president of the [[Confederate States of America]]. Davis did not get involved in politics until 1843 at the age of 35. He was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1845 and resigned in 1846 to re-enter the army during the Mexican War. He continued in this service until 1847 when he was appointed by the governor of Mississippi to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. From February 1864 till the war was over in 1865, Jefferson and Varina adopted Jim Limber, a biracial boy.<ref>http://www.firstwhitehouse.org/did-jefferson-davis-adopt-jim-limber-black-orphan-boy/</ref><ref>https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Limber_Jim</ref> | Jefferson Davis is best known as the only president of the [[Confederate States of America]]. Davis did not get involved in politics until 1843 at the age of 35. He was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1845 and resigned in 1846 to re-enter the army during the Mexican War. He continued in this service until 1847 when he was appointed by the governor of Mississippi to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. From February 1864 till the war was over in 1865, Jefferson and Varina adopted Jim Limber, a biracial boy.<ref>http://www.firstwhitehouse.org/did-jefferson-davis-adopt-jim-limber-black-orphan-boy/</ref><ref>https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Limber_Jim</ref> |