Allison



Gaetano Donizetti is also an exquisite artist. Enrico di Borgogna (14 November 1818, Teatro San Luca, Venice) is by far my favorite piece by him. Gioacchino Rossini is a very famous artist right now but I can't seem to get into him. Don't get my wrong his music is ok but it isn't my thing.
 * Gender:** Male
 * Rel****ationship Status**: Married to Varina Howell Davis
 * Birthday:**June 3
 * Hometown**:Todd Country, Kentucky
 * Religious Views:**Episcopal
 * Activities**:I love to spend time with my family and friends. I also love working. My job is my favorite part of my life. It brings me great joy.
 * Favorite Music**:My favorite artist is Michele Carafa. I love his opera Gabriella di Vergy (1816). It was one of the best pieces of music I have ever heard.

Thomas Bowdler's "Family Shakespeare" another great piece of literature. Selina Davenport "An Angel's Form and a Devil's Heart" not that good of a book.
 * Favorite Books**:My wife has me reading Jane Austen's Persuasion. I'm finding it hard to put down.

'President Jefferson Davis - 29 April 1861' “Never be haughty to the humble or humble to the haughty.” 'Jefferson Davis'
 * Favorite Quotations**:"We feel that our cause is just and holy; we protest solemnly in the face of mankind that we desire peace at any sacrifice save that of honor and independence; we ask no conquest, no aggrandizement, no concession of any kind from the States with which we were lately confederated; all we ask is to be let alone; that those who never held power over us shall not now attempt our subjugation by arms."

I began my education in 1813, at a log cabin school a mile from my home. I used to walk over a gravel road to that school, but boy was it worth it. I learned so much from dear old Mrs. Birde. Two years later, I began at the Catholic school of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Washington County, Kentucky. I went on to Jefferson College at Washington, Mississippi in 1818, and to Transylvania University at Lexington, Kentucky in 1821. I entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1824 as a cadet. They were some of the hardest years of my life.
 * About Me:**I was born on a dusty farm in Christian County, Kentucky. My parents, Samuel and Jane, have ten children. I was the youngest. We moved to many different places when I was a child, to Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana in 1811, and to Wilkinson County, Mississippi the next year. We traveled the whole country.

Employer: Confederate States of America Position: President Description: In office February 18, 1861 – May 5, 1865 Vice President - Alexander Stephens Preceded by - Office instituted Howell Cobb (Provisional head of state as the Congress President) Succeeded by - Office abolished
 * Work Info**

U.S Congress Secretary of War March 7, 1853 – March 4, 1857 President -Franklin Pierce Preceded by - Charles Magill Conrad Succeeded by - John Buchanan Floyd

Employer: United States Congress Position: United States Senator Location: Mississippi City, MS August 10, 1847 – September 23, 1851 Preceded by - Jesse Speight Succeeded by - John J. McRae

March 4, 1857 – January 21, 1861[1] Preceded by - Stephen Adams Succeeded by - Secession Adelbert Ames (1870)

Employer: United States Congress Position: U.S. House of Representatives Description: In office March 4, 1845 – June 1846 Preceded by - William H. Hammett Robert W. Roberts Jacob Thompson Tilghman M. Tucker Succeeded by - Henry T. Ellett

Employer: United States Congress Position: Chairman of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs Description: In office 1849–1851 Preceded by - Thomas Hart Benton Succeeded by - James Shields In office 1857–1861 Preceded by - John Weller Succeeded by - James Wilson

Colleges: Transylvania University West Point Military Academy

Status updates: 1861 : I have just resigned from the U.S.A. This day will go down in history. 1861 : I was just elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America! Thanks to the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama. You're the reason I'm Provisional President. 1861: In Montgomery, Alabama I'm going to be inaugurated as the provisional president of the Confederate States of America. 1861 ; I was just elected president of the Confederate States of America! This is the most exciting day of my life. 1861 : I'm considering appointing Judah Benjamin to secretary of war. Any thoughts? 1861: I have decided Judah Benjamin will be secretary of war. 1862 I'm on my way to Richmond, Virgina for my inauguration. 1862: I just got home. That was the most exciting moment of my life. I'm president now, officially. 1863 : No! Robert E. Lee wants to resign there is no way I can let him! I can't do this with out him. 1865 : My cabinet and I are leaving to Richmond, Virgina. we need to hide for a while. 1865: Richmond was just taken over by the north. 1865: I'm going to Irwinville, Georgia tomorrow. I don't have a good feeling about this.

Photo gallery Allison's Notes Jefferson Davis speech (Reenactment)