Detractors especially the woke crazies here dismiss his war record and govt service as a whole prior to the conflict
Inconvenient
I think it’s reasonable to say prior to the war between the states Davis gave far more of himself than the average freeper slinging self righteousness at no personal cost here
Hitler "earned" his country's highest honor as a WW1 Vet too. Does that excuse him?
And no one here is playing self righteous. We all have our failings to apologize for, and slavery is NOT one of modern Southerners' failings. In fact as Republicans, their legacy is in abolishing slavery. Why they don't embrace it over a democrat hissy fit that split the nation is beyond me.
Before 1861 Davis was a typical Democrat politician, period.
At a time when total Federal spending ran around $50 million per year, Davis got the government to spend $10 million** of that (Gadsden Purchase) for 30,000 square miles of desert, added to New Mexico, for a Southern Route to the transcontinental railroad -- which would also, conveniently, run near Davis' home in Mississippi.
Davis was a typical Democrat, period.
**BTW, if $10 million for 30,000 square miles of desert sounds cheap, it was still almost 20 times more per square mile than President Jefferson paid for his Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
And Pres. Jefferson himself could not benefit financially from his purchase.