what percentage of the vote did he get?
2007-03-31 02:35:08 · 5 answers · asked by Willie 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Nobody. He was appointed as "Provisional President". After several Southern states left the Union, their legislatures sent delegates to a Constitutional Convention in Montgomery Alabama, to draw up a provisional constitution for the Confederate States of America. This convention chose him. He did not run for office, nor did he know he was chosen until he got a telegram informing him.
He was chosen by the convention on February 9, 1861. There were no other candidates.
Alexander Stephens, of Georgia, was chosen as Provisional Vice-President.
2007-03-31 02:44:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Jefferson Davis was not elected President of the Confederacy but was appointed on February 9, 1861 as a provisional President by the Congress of the Confederacy at Montgomery, Alabama. John C.Breckinridge was chosen as Vice-President.
2007-03-31 02:51:50 · answer #2 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Confederate Convention in Montgomery, Ala., chose him as provisional president of the Confederacy. He was inaugurated on Feb. 18, 1861, and his first act was to send a peace commission to Washington, D.C., to prevent an armed conflict. He was not elected. He was a president without precedent.
2007-03-31 06:36:32 · answer #3 · answered by Retired 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think he had any opponents. When the Confederate states secceded from the Union, delegates from different states elected him. It was not a formal election. However, he had hoped to be commanding general of Mississppi so he was somewhat reluctant.
2007-03-31 02:44:39 · answer #4 · answered by hallucinatingcandles 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was appointed, not elected.
2007-03-31 05:13:56 · answer #5 · answered by judenstaat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋