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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.   

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.   

After the Confederate defeat in the [[American Civil War]] Davis was stripped of his US citizenship, which was posthumously restored by [[Jimmy Carter|President Carter]] in 1978. [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29993]

After the Confederate defeat Davis was stripped of his US citizenship, which was posthumously restored by [[Jimmy Carter|President Carter]] in 1978. [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29993]

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

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[[Category:American Civil War]]

[[Category:American Civil War]]