The first president of the Confederate States of America was Jefferson Davis.
Explanation:
Jefferson Davis was an American military and politician. His fame derives mainly from being the first and only President of the Confederate States of America. Before the Civil War, Davis was a member of the Parliament of Mississippi, the US House of Representatives and the US Senate. He fought in the Mexican-American war as a colonel of a volunteer regiment. Later he became Secretary of War in the Cabinet of President Franklin Pierce.
