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Jefferson Davis gave his inaugural address (as "provisional" President) on February 18, 1861. Source: The Jefferson Davis Project at Rice University. Gentlemen of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, Friends, and Fellow-citizens: Called to the difficult and responsible station of Chief Magistrate of the Provisional Government ...
To increase power, develop the resources, and promote the happiness of this Confederacy, it is necessary that there should be so much homogeneity as that the welfare of every portion be the aim of the whole. When this homogeneity does not exist, antagonisms are engendered which must and should result in separation.
Jefferson Davis' Farewell Address. Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol, January 21, 1861. I rise, Mr. President [John C. Breckinridge], for the purpose of announcing to the Senate that I have satisfactory evidence that the State of Mississippi, by a solemn ordinance of her people in convention assembled, has declared her separation from the United States.
4 de abr. de 2024 · Introduction. By the time Abraham Lincoln delivered his First Inaugural Address, seven states claimed to have seceded from the Union. These states were South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. Delivered from the East Portico of the federal Capitol, Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address sought to calm and ...
Hace 6 días · Jefferson Davis (born June 3, 1808, Christian county, Kentucky, U.S.—died December 6, 1889, New Orleans, Louisiana) was the president of the Confederate States of America throughout its existence during the American Civil War (1861–65). After the war, he was imprisoned for two years and indicted for treason but was never tried.
On March 4, 1801, Jefferson was sworn in as the third President of the United States. In his First Inaugural Address, Jefferson called on the American people to approach one another with civility and magnanimity—famously announcing, “We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists.”. To that end, Jefferson discussed the need for his fellow ...
Jefferson Davis represented Mississippi in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. He also served as Secretary of War for President Franklin Pierce. Mississippi’s secession from the Union on January 9, 1861 prompted Davis to resign from the United States Senate on January 21, 1861.
