Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States of America, and the president of the Confederacy also served as the head of state and government. Jefferson Davis began office on February 18, 1861 and ended his term shortly after the end of the Civil War and the Confederate defeat on May 10, 1865. Davis was the only person to hold office in the Confederate States, and during the election for the Confederate president, he received 109 electoral votes, and no opposition and Jefferson Davis was a Democratic party member.