What is Jefferson Davis?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Jefferson Davis |image = President-Jefferson-Davis.jpg |office = [[President of the Confederate States of America|President of the Confederate States]] |vicepresident = [[Alexander Stephens|Alexander H. Stephens]] |term_start = February 18, 1861 |term_end = May 10, 1865<br>{{small|[[Acting (law)|acting]]: February 18, 1861 – February 22, 1862}} |predecessor = Position established |successor = Position abolished |office1 = 23rd [[United States Secretary of War]] |president1 = [[Franklin Pierce]] |term_start1 = March 7, 1853 |term_end1 = March 4, 1857 |predecessor1 = [[Charles Magill Conrad|Charles Conrad]] |successor1 = [[John B. Floyd|John Floyd]] |jr/sr2 = United States Senator |state2 = [[Mississippi]] |term_start2 = March 4, 1857 |term_end2 = January 21, 1861 |predecessor2 = [[Stephen Adams (politician)|Stephen Adams]] |successor2 = [[Adelbert Ames]] |term_start3 = August 10, 1847 |term_end3 = September 23, 1851 |predecessor3 = [[Jesse Speight]] |successor3 = [[John J. McRae|John McRae]] |state4 = [[Mississippi]] |district4 = {{ushr|Mississippi|AL|At-large}} |term_start4 = December 8, 1845 |term_end4 = June 1, 1846 |predecessor4 = [[Tilghman Tucker]] |successor4 = [[Henry T. Ellett|Henry Ellett]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1808|6|3}} |birth_place = [[Fairview, Christian County, Kentucky|Fairview]], [[Kentucky]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1889|12|6|1808|6|3}} |death_place = [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], [[United States|U.S.]] |restingplace = [[Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)|Hollywood Cemetery]] |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = [[Sarah Knox Taylor]] {{small|(June–September 1835)}}<br>[[Varina Davis|Varina Banks Howell]] {{small|(1845–1889)}} |alma_mater = [[Transylvania University]]<br>[[United States Military Academy]] |signature = Jefferson Davis Signature.svg