Synonyms for jefferson davis
jef·fer·son davis

Princeton's WordNet

1. Davis, Jefferson Davisnoun

   American statesman; president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1808-1889)

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1. Fox News:

   Talk about a year ago and working with Republicans, now he is talking about Republicans that don't agree with voting rights – he's describing them as George Wallace, Bull Connor and Jefferson Davis, what happened to the guy who when he was elected said, ‘To make progress, we must stop treating our opponents as our enemy?'.

2. Secretary Wilkie:

   In the case of Jefferson Davis, we must tell America the truth about the complicated man who carried with Jefferson Davis the dreams of Southern independence, jefferson Davis life was the reflection of the simplicity and perseverance of a proud people ; men and women who endured the horror of defeat and its equally hellish aftermath ; men and women who through their Christian prism understood the fall of man and the imperfection of human institutions -- that not all of man's noble experiments succeed.

3. Manley E. Rogers:

   Robert E Lee didn't make it the first time and Jefferson Davis took the vacancy. Pershing didn't make it for two years, MacArthur couldn't get in the first year and Eisenhower took an extra year of high school to get in. Patton took three years to get in and five to get out.

4. Charles Kelly Barrow:

   I’ll use the words of Jefferson Davis: ‘We just want to be left alone,’.

5. Joe Biden:

   So I ask every elected official in America, how do you want to be remembered ? do you want to be on the side of Dr. King or George Wallace ? Do you want to be on the side of John Lewis or Bull Connor ? Do you want to be on the side of Abraham Lincoln or Jefferson Davis ?