Second wife of President Jefferson Davis and First Lady of the Confederate States
For her daughter, see Varina Anne Davis.
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Varina Davis
First Lady of the Confederate States
In role February 22, 1862 – May 10, 1865 Provisional: February 18, 1861 to February 22, 1862
President
Jefferson Davis
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Personal details
Born
Varina Anne Banks Howell
(1826-05-07)May 7, 1826 Natchez, Mississippi, U.S.
Died
October 16, 1906(1906-10-16) (aged 80) New York City, New York, U.S.
Cause of death
Pneumonia
Resting place
Hollywood Cemetery Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Spouse
Jefferson Davis
(m. 1845; died 1889)
Children
Samuel Emory Davis, Margaret Howell Davis, Jefferson Davis, Jr., Joseph Evan Davis, William Howell Davis, Varina Anne Davis
Parents
William Burr Howell (father)
Margaret Louisa Kempe (mother)
Occupation
Writer
Varina Anne Banks Davis (née Howell; May 7, 1826 – October 16, 1906) 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 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 was ambivalent about the war.
Davis became a writer after the war, completing her husband's memoir. She was recruited by Kate (Davis) Pulitzer, a purportedly distant cousin of Varina’s husband and wife of publisher Joseph Pulitzer, to write articles and eventually a regular column for the New York World. Widowed in 1889, Davis moved to New York City with her youngest daughter Winnie in 1891 to work at writing. She enjoyed urban life. In her old age, she attempted to reconcile prominent figures of the North and South.
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