Jefferson Davis
/ˌdʒefəsən ˈdeɪvɪs/
/ˌdʒefərsən ˈdeɪvɪs/
- (1808-89) the only President of the Confederate States (1861-5). He had earlier been a US Senator and Secretary of War. After the South lost the American Civil War, Davis was kept in prison by the US government for two years before being released without a trial.