List of CS Presidents.

Fine....

1861: Jefferson Davis / Alexander Stephens
1867: General John B. Magruder (Head of Military Junta)

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I figured someone had to avoid the 'President Bobby Lee' cliche...
 

Wolfpaw

Banned
Alrighty then :p

  • Jefferson Davis, 1862-1869 (Democrat)
  • Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, 1869-1886 (Democrat)
 
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Jefferson Davis, 1862-1869 (Democrat)
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, 1869-1885 (Democrat)
Albert G. Brown / Thomas S. Bocock 1885-1891 (Liberty)


 

Wolfpaw

Banned
Seeing as Albert G. Brown died in 1880, I think I'll adjust the list a bit. (Also I made an error in the dates :eek:)

  • Jefferson Davis, 1862-1869 (Democrat)
  • Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, 1869-1876 (Democrat)
  • Wade Hampton III, 1876-1883 (Democrat)
  • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, 1883-1890 (Democrat)
  • John Tyler Morgan, 1890-1897 (Democrat)
  • Matthew Butler, 1897-1904 (Democrat)
  • Robert Love Taylor, 1904-1911 (Democrat)
 

Wolfpaw

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  • Jefferson Davis, 1862-1869 (Democrat)
  • Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, 1869-1876 (Democrat)
  • Wade Hampton III, 1876-1883 (Democrat)
  • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, 1883-1890 (Democrat)
  • John Tyler Morgan, 1890-1897 (Democrat)
  • Matthew Butler, 1897-1904 (Democrat)
  • Robert Love Taylor, 1904-1911 (Democrat)
  • Woodrow Wilson, 1911-1914 (Democrat)*
  • John P. Buchanan, 1914-1916 (Democrat)
    • Albert S. Burleson, 1914-1916 (Democrat)**
  • People's Provisional Committee, 1916-1919
  • William E. Cameron, 1919-1923 (Readjuster)***
  • Theodore Bilbo, 1923-1926 (Confederate)
  • John Nance Garner IV, 1926-1933 (Readjuster)
  • Huey Long, 1933-19?? (Share the Wealth)
*Assassinated
**Attorney General, de facto president
***Retired
 
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  1. Jefferson Davis, 1861-1869 (Democrat)
  2. Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, 1869-1876 (Democrat)
  3. Wade Hampton III, 1876-1883 (Democrat)
  4. Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, 1883-1890 (Democrat)
  5. John Tyler Morgan, 1890-1897 (Democrat)
  6. Matthew Butler, 1897-1904 (Democrat)
  7. Robert Love Taylor, 1904-1911 (Democrat)
  8. Woodrow Wilson, 1911-1914 (Democrat)*
  9. John P. Buchanan, 1914-1916 (Democrat)
    • Albert S. Burleson, Attorney General, de facto president 1914-1916 (Democrat)

  • People's Provisional Committee, 1916-1919

  1. William E. Cameron, 1919-1923 (Readjuster)**
  2. Theodore Bilbo, 1923-1926 (Confederate)
  3. John Nance Garner IV, 1926-1933 (Readjuster)
  4. Huey Long, 1933-1968 (Share the Wealth)**
  5. George Wallace 1968-1998 (Longist)**
*Assassinated
**Retired
 
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Rebooting the Admin bios...

1. Jefferson Davis 1861-1869 (Democrat)

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Jefferson Davis
was the first President of the CSA. He was Acting President from 1861-1862, President 1862-1869 (popular convention lists the Davis Presidency as 1861-1869).

Following President Hamlin*'s declaration that he would use the Union Army to put down secession, all of the slave states seceded, gained control of Indian Territory and Southern New Mexico Territory (Confederate Arizona Territory), and gained recognition from Great Britain and France after crushing the Union Army battle after battle (Hamlin would not replace Union General Hooker until the last month of the war). Victory was assured after the HMS Rinaldo Affair led to Great Britain and later France intervening on the side of the CS. Controversial in it's day, Davis did not undo much of the centralization that occurred during the War of Northern Aggression. Davis used the annexation of William Walker's Federal Republic of Central America to justify this, saying that the "impure" Central American states were not civilized enough to look after themselves without too much guidance from Richmond. However, this did not stop grumblings of secession, particularly from Jubal Early. Fearing a weak Confederacy would fall apart, Davis would use another war to achieve his political centralization.

Following Napoleon III's pullout from Mexico after the Austro-Prussian War in 1864**, Davis invaded northern Mexico. With support from local caudillos, Davis annexed the Northern States as the former Yucatan Republic to make the States of Yucatan, Sonora (Sonora and Sinaloa), Chihuaha (Chihuaha and Durango), and Rio Grande (Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas). The Yucatan Insurgency would prove to be a troublesome guerilla war for the Confederacy for years to come, and the state would remain under marshal law for most of the time until the Confederate Revolution. Davis used the Mexican-Confederate War and the Yucatan Insurgency especially to centralize the power of the Confederacy further. The death of Robert E. Lee at the hand of "Mayan savages" in particular was a good tool to further Davis' political goals.

An arrogant Davis threatened war with the United States after feeling threatened by Hamlin's territorial expansion (who had made "Manifest Destiny Reborn" the primary goal of his administration after the Civil War in response to the Confederacy's bellicose behavior and as an attempt to salvage his name in history). Britain responded coolly to this, and the embarrassment led to the loss of some of Davis' political capital. This was overshadowed by an assassination attempt in April by John Wilkes Booth, who opposed Davis' centralization. This ensured that Jubal Early's Confederalist Party, which had been branded in the Mexican-Confederate War as "traitorous Unionists" and banned under Davis' war powers, remained banned. Davis' Democrat Party would remain the dominant political party until the Confederate Revolution (though the Readjuster Party would become a national competitor by the mid-1890s, before being banned during the Great War).

Towards the end of his Presidency, the only major domestic opponents of Davis who had not been muzzled were William Walker and John C. Breckenridge. Davis defeated Breckenridge's presidential hopes when he endorsed Secretary of State Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter for the Presidency at the Democrat Convention. Davis encouraged Walker to filibuster Cuba in to get rid of him, which led to the Cuban Crisis in 1868. After Walker's hanging, domestic pressure and the ongoing Glorious Revolution in Spain persuaded Davis to reluctantly declare war on Spain in October 1868. Lucky for Davis, a recently successful revolt against Queen Isabella caused Napoleon III to support a Confederate Cuba. Napoleon III hoped to discredit the Spanish Liberals with the loss of Cuba and put Isabella back on the throne; the Spanish Liberals were talking about having a Hohenzollern King. In addition, Davis gave France the rights to construct a Nicaraguan canal in return for French support. However, while the Liberals were discredited, they clung to power because the Spaniards saw Isabella as a foreign puppet of Napoleon III. Memories of the Peninsular War led Leopold of Hohenzollern to become King of Spain, which led to the Unification War in 1869 as France declared war on Prussia. While the incident didn't end well for Napoleon III, it did for Davis. At the end of the Davis Administration the Confederacy had obtained Cuba, Porto Rico, Northern Mexico and Central America. Because of these conquests, the Davis Administration was look on with nostalgia around the turn of the next century as the best years of the Confederacy, especially in light of what came afterward. Davis today is one of the few pre-Revolution Presidents remembered with fondness, and he is lauded as the "Father of the Confederacy".

*Baltimore Plot succeeds and Hamlin's ability to lead the nation... well just imagine Bush II leading us in the Civil War.
**First Schleswig War War succeeds ITTL, moving up the Austro-Prussian War
Davis gets insanely lucky during his Presidency, which sets up the Confederate Oligarchy to be dangerously overconfident.

The World shortly after the end of the Davis Presidency:
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