[DOC] [TLE] Jefferson Davis - Wikipedia [PAR] Jefferson Finis Davis (June 3, 1808  December 6, 1889) was an American 
politician who was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Mississippi, the 23rd 
U.S. Secretary of War, and the President ... December 8, 1845  June 1, 1846 ... 
Before the war, he operated a large cotton plantation in Mississippi and owned 
more... [DOC] [TLE] John C. Breckinridge - Wikipedia [PAR] John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821  May 17, 1875) was a lawyer, 
politician, and soldier from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He represented the state in 
both houses of Congress and in 1857, became ... He was appointed Confederate 
Secretary of War late in the war. A member of the Breckinridge family, he was the
... [DOC] [TLE] Jefferson Davis - Government Official - Biography.com [PAR] Aug 20, 2015 ... Jefferson Davis was a Civil War Confederate leader from West Point to the ... 
Pierce before becoming the President of the Confederate States of America. ... 
One year later, he became an elector for Polk and Dallas, taking the stance ... 
Zachary Taylor appointed him U.S. senator from Mississippia seat that... [DOC] [TLE] U.S. Senate: The Civil War Senate Reacts to Secession [PAR] On January 9, 1861, Mississippi became the second state to secede. .... and 
served until November 1861, when he was appointed Secretary of War; served in 
... date; elected President of the Confederacy for a term of six years and 
inaugurated in ... the Civil War; represented the State of Texas in the Confederate 
Congress. [DOC] [TLE] Jefferson Davis | president of Confederate States of America ... [PAR] President of the Confederate States of America throughout its existence during 
the ... After the war, he was imprisoned for two years and indicted for... ... 
Mississippi seceded, Davis made a moving farewell speech in the Senate and .... 
Before winning the presidency, Obama represented Illinois in the U.S. Senate (
200508). [DOC] [TLE] Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) | Mississippi History Now [PAR] He represented Mississippi in Washington and in the Mexican War over a period 
... four years as president of the Confederate States of America, of which 
Mississippi was a part. ... He arrived as a small child before Mississippi's 
statehood in 1817, his ... Far from being the serious public servant of his 
adulthood, Davis was a... [DOC] [TLE] Davis becomes provisional president of the Confederacy - Feb 18 ... [PAR] When Pierce lost his presidential reelection bid, Davis ran for a Senate seat and 
won. ... On January 10, 1861, Davis led Mississippi in following South Carolina's 
... After two years, he was finally released on bail; charges against him were not 
.... The action was chiefly symbolic, but represented the continued U.S. effort to... [DOC] [TLE] REVELS, Hiram Rhodes | US House of Representatives: History, Art ... [PAR] His first pastorate was likely in Richmond, Indiana, where he was elected an 
elder ... Before the Civil War, fewer than 1,000 free black Mississippians had 
access to a ... Revels won a seat in the Mississippi state senate.8 Under the 
newly installed ... and future Confederate President Jefferson Davis both vacated 
Mississippi's... [DOC] [TLE] P.B.S. Pinchback. The Black Governor Who Almost Was a Senator [PAR] Why didn't more than one black person serve in the Senate during the ... 
Mississippi sent its second black U.S. senator-elect to Washington in 1875. ... 
would have smashed by serving together 138 years before Tim Scott (R-S. .... 
Pinchback might have assumed he was making the right (pragmatic) choice to 
back President... [DOC] [TLE] Key Personalities - American History: The Civil War - LibGuides at ... [PAR] Sep 14, 2016 ... During the Grant Presidency, Sherman became Commanding ... His career was 
53 years and at the start of the Civil War was the ... At the very start of the war he 
had realized that his age and health ... Scott developed a slow plan to destroy the 
Confederacy which was in .... March 15, 1767  June 8, 1845. [DOC] [TLE] The South Secedes [ushistory.org

Question: He represented Mississippi in the Senate for 8 years before becoming president of the Confederacy
Answer: Jefferson Davis