2 quotes by Varina Davis (1826-1906), American (First Lady Confederacy)

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Varina Davis

I thought his genius was military, but that as a party manager, he would not succeed. He did not know the arts of the politician and would not practice them if understood, and he did know those of war.

Of her husband, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America:

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It seemed to be the custom of the attachés, when in doubt [regarding favors], to refer the stranger to Mr. Judah P. Benjamin, the "Poo Bah" of the Confederate Government.

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Varina Davis

Born: May 7, 1826
Died: October 16, 1906
Nationality: American
Profession: First Lady Confederacy, Writer

Biography

Varina Anne Banks Howell Davis was the only First Lady of the Confederate States of America, and the longtime second wife of President Jefferson Davis. She moved to the Presidential Mansion in Richmond, Virginia, in mid-1861, and lived there for the remainder of the American Civil War. Born and raised in the South and educated in Philadelphia, she had family on both sides of the conflict and unconventional views for a woman in her public role. She did not support the Confederacy's position on slavery and states' rights, and was ambivalent about the war.

VARINA DAVIS

(Varina Anne Banks Howell Davis)