George Davis | |
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4th Confederate States Attorney General | |
In office January 2, 1864 – April 26, 1865 | |
President | Jefferson Davis |
Preceded by | Wade Keyes (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Position Abolished |
Confederate States Senator from North Carolina | |
In office February 18, 1862 – January 2, 1864 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Edwin Godwin Reade |
Personal details | |
Born | Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S. | March 1, 1820
Died | February 23, 1896 Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S. | (aged 75)
Political party | Whig Party (until 1856), Constitutional Union Party (1860) |
Alma mater | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
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George Davis (March 1, 1820 – February 23, 1896) was a Confederate politician and railroad counsel who served as attorney general of the Confederate States for 480 days in 1864 and 1865.
A skilled orator, he gave a notable public speech in March 1861 in which he argued that North Carolina should secede from the United States of America to protect the private economic interest in chattel slavery.