1. Jefferson Davis THINGS TO NOTE: Jefferson Davis was a vampire
Abraham Lincoln was the vampire hunter

2. Early Life Born in Kentucky on June 3, 1808
Moved as a child to Mississippi
Thought of Mississippi as his home
Attended several colleges including Transylvania University in Kentucky where he learned to be Dracula

3. Military Prowess Brother helped him to get into West Point
Graduated 23/32 in 1828
Received several demerits
Hair too long
Firing a musket
Participated in the “egg nog“ riot

4. The Davis Women Wifey #1 Sarah Knox Taylor
Daughter of President Zachary Taylor
Died of malaria shortly after the wedding
Wifey #2
Varnia Banks Howell
Much younger than Jefferson Davis
Looks remarkably like Maya Rudolph
Four sons and two daughters

5. Early Military Service
Fought in the Blackhawk War of 1831
The captured Chief Blackhawk was placed in Davis’ care
Davis treated Blackhawk with kindly
Promoted to First Lieutenant and transferred to First Dragons
Resigned military service to marry

6. Early Politics Won election to Congress in 1845
Known as a passionate speaker
Supported states’ rights
Resigned Congress to lead the First Regiment of the Mississippi Riflemen in the Mexican-American War

7. Mexican-American War Battle of Monterrey (1846)
Led his men to victory in an assault at Fort Teneria
Battle of Buena Vista (1847)
Injured when he blocked a charge of Mexican swords
Became nationally famous

8. Back to Politics
His ex-father-in-law, Zachary Taylor appointed him to the US Senate for Mississippi
Advocated for slavery
States’ rights
Opposed California as a free state
Lost the election for Mississippi Governor
Appointed Secretary of War by President Franklin Pierce
Went back to the Senate in 1857
Resigned in 1861 when Mississippi left the Union

9. Statement
"My devotion to the Union of our fathers had been so often and so publicly declared; I had on the floor of the Senate so defiantly challenged any question of my fidelity to it; my services, civil and military, had now extended through so long a period and were so generally known, that I felt quite assured that no whisperings of envy or ill-will could lead the people of Mississippi to believe that I had dishonored their trust by using the power they had conferred on me to destroy the government to which I was accredited. Then, as afterward, I regarded the separation of the states as a great, though not the greater evil.” -Jefferson DAvis

10. Presidency
Named President of the Confederate States of America on February 18, 1861

11. Treason Captured on May 10, 1865 by the Union in Irwinville, Virginia
Imprisoned at Fort Monroe
Charged with Treason
Jailed
Could have been killed

12. End of Life Released after time spent in jail
Retired to Canada and England
Had no money
Was given an estate by a fan

13. Reconstruction