Jefferson Davis
The only President of the Confederacy was Jefferson Davis who was not an African American
Jefferson Davis became the president of the Confederate States of America in 1861
James Buchanan was the current president, the president elect was Abraham Lincoln. Jefferson Davis later became president of the confederacy.
Jefferson Davis was a U.S. Senator from Mississippi, the U.S. Secretary of War, and the President of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis was a member of the Democratic Party when he served in the United States Congress (before he joined the Confederacy and became the President of the Confederate States).
Jefferson became President on March 4, 1801.
Jefferson Davis became the provisional president of the Confederacy in February 1861. In November of that year he was elected by popular vote and was officially inaugurated in February 1862 as the first and only Confederate president.
The Confederate state of Mississippi offered Jefferson Davis the position of major general. This was just prior to the Confederate Congress naming Davis the provisional president of the Confederacy.
25 when he became a lawyer, 57 when he became president
John Adams became president and Thomas Jefferson became Vice President.
John Adams was elected President in the election that made Jefferson the vice-president.