The Statue of Jefferson Davis was unveiled in the

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Rotunda, in

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on December 10, 1936. It depicts

Jefferson Davis Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the only President of the Confederate States of America, president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the Unite ...

, president of the

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. It was erected under the auspices of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. It remained there until June 13, 2020. The Historic Properties Advisory Commission voted to move the statue out of the Rotunda to the Jefferson Davis State Historic Site near Fairview, Kentucky. There were two plaques affixed to the base of the statue, which read: In 2018, the second plaque was removed.

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