Kentucky was always a Union state in the sense that it remained in the Union throughout the Civil War. As a border state it had numbers of people who preferred the Confederacy and numbers of people who preferred the Union.
Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia, was elected Vice President of The Confederacy when Jefferson Davis was elected President in 1861 and served until the end of the war in 1865. Prior to this service, Stephens had been admitted to the Bar in 1834; he was elected to the US Congress in 1843 as a member of the Whig Party and served in that position until the election of 1858. See the links on the Related Links selection in the column to the left.
Jefferson Davis was named provisional president of the Confederacy February 18, 1861. He was later elected president in November 1861 and inaugurated February 22, 1862.
because Abraham Lincoln was elected as president in 1860 and didn't believe in the expansion of slavery, which the south depended on as their economic livelihood, the south seceeded from the northern free states and created the Confederacy. The south elected Jefferson Davis as the president of the Confederacy, and they went to war with the Northern states, called Union in the American Civil War, which Abraham Lincoln led in the war.
Two months after Jefferson Davis was elected, the Confederacy fired on Fort Sumter which was the event that precipitated the War Between the States.
Jefferson Davis was named as temporary President of the Confederacy in 1861. The following year the Confederate Congress voted him for a six year term as president. Davis grew up in Mississippi, and thus it can be said he was the Mississippian voted to be the Confederate president.
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis represented Mississippi in the U.S. Congress before he was elected President of the Confederacy.
He was elected by the committee that formed the Confederacy.
During the war, Jefferson Davis was elected President of the Confederacy.
Jefferson Davis was the provisional Confederate president. Shortly thereafter the Confederate Congress elected him to a six year term as the official Confederate president.
Seven states seceded while Buchanan was still the president and formed the Confederacy Four more states joined after Lincoln took office. The Confederacy elected Jefferson Davis as its president.
Jefferson Davis was important in the battle at Fort Sumter. He sent officers to the fort to ask the union army to surrender the fort in April 1861. He was born in Kentucky and was elected president of the Confederacy. Bombed Fort Sumter.
Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia, was elected Vice President of The Confederacy when Jefferson Davis was elected President in 1861 and served until the end of the war in 1865. Prior to this service, Stephens had been admitted to the Bar in 1834; he was elected to the US Congress in 1843 as a member of the Whig Party and served in that position until the election of 1858. See the links on the Related Links selection in the column to the left.
his opponent, John Adams
No. He was Vice-President.
Jefferson Davis was named provisional president of the Confederacy February 18, 1861. He was later elected president in November 1861 and inaugurated February 22, 1862.