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Inauguration of Jefferson Davis Inauguration of Jefferson Davis
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Inauguration of Jefferson Davis

Inauguration of Jefferson Davis
On February 18, 1861, in Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis was sworn in as provisional president of the Confederate States of America. Davis was the first and only president of the Confederacy, which existed for just four years, from 1861 to 1865.
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