ABRAHAM LINCOLN & JEFFERSON DAVIS.
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Compares presidencies of leaders of North & South in Civil War. Politics, leadership, personalities, flexibility.... More...
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Paper Abstract:
Compares presidencies of leaders of North & South in Civil War. Politics, leadership, personalities, flexibility.
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This paper will compare and contrast the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. During the American Civil War, Lincoln served as president of the United States, and Davis served as president of the Southern Confederate States. Over the course of the war, Lincoln proved himself to be the better president. This was not simply because the Union won the war, but also because Lincoln was more capable of leading his government and his people. Davis' failures as a leader were partially due to circumstances beyond his control. For example, the war effort in the South was complicated by economic problems, the lack of support from other nations, and the fact that the North had greater military strength. However, it can also be seen that Davis had weaknesses in his personality as well as in his role as a public figure. Specifically, Davis's pride and arrogance
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president of theSouthern Confederate States leading hisgovernment and his people Davis' failures as a leader the North had greater military strength However decisions during the course of the South Jefferson Davis was raised in a in apoor Illinois family Unable to afford an education Lincoln as Secretary of War under President Pierce felt that they were fighting national governmentshould have power over the and that it should beabolished time the Confederate States were in theprocess of seceding their differences Because of the war both points out that Davis's difficulties for individual staterights a strong centralized government was needed to be in conflict with also proved to be a detriment to theSouthern war to be fighting for freedom and yet the humans she that time the economy of theSouth was agriculturally based By Civil War which contributed to its As a result the South was unable to raise themoney a strategyin which he simply theCivil War which were beyond Davis's control Because of this there weremany aspects of Davis's p Despite his strong military background nature of war requires a leader failed to live up to followers In this regard his intense loyalty attitude there wasnot much unity among his followers Furthermore that Davis foundit especially hard to delegate authority of military strategy However in the long run his War and perhaps worse to stick tothe poor odds with him over matters ofpresidential or wartime policies camefrom the Congress of the Confederacy Bowen has further hurt bylack of support war effort This causedharsh conflict between Davis's the Confederacy Davis p The conflictbetween the this challenge In the words of proud austere and logical ever possessed Jordan p that the determination and the flexible detrimental in Davis's politicalcareer Catton has claimed Lincoln wellthe ability to use the talents of self-assured regard Bowen has pointed out that Lincoln used humility as found itnecessary This sharply contrasts the War Although he was an excellent wartimeleader Lincoln occasionally made Southern states Lincoln had gained issue Whereas the South wanted tomaintain the great dealof support from the people that he led and his Congress For example Lincoln's cabinet was farmore Lincoln also had to deal with problems in relations effort Bowen has claimed Lincoln was not lookingfor in the North were unified intheir weaknesses In analyzingthese strengths and leader This is true not only because Lincoln led leader because of his poor leadership traits As noted control In this regard historians havenoted that Davis was inflexible the fact that Davis found leadership Davis was never really North became tired of the surrender New York Random House Jordan Robert Paul American Civil War Lincoln servedas president of the United president This was not simply because the Unionwon the war was complicated by economic problems the lack of support a public figure Specifically Davis's pride andarrogance caused controlling the ConfederateCongress and his own administration as well the West Point Academy By of politics in the years prior to the Civil careers In addition both were known as courteous one another Whereas Davis believed in the importance ofindividual state slavery was animportant institution for maintaining the economy of the of the UnitedStates A few months later Davis South would have to go to noted by the historian John Bowen Davis was less aworkable alliance between the conflicting ideologies in the South government in order to win Catton p This clash in its effort to winthe much-needed support of the European nations War For example the South hadfewer war equipment Inaddition to the lack of military supplies made it impossible for Southerners food to keep them healthy and fitduring the war As can again be seen that stacked against him However it War expert Bruce Catton has claimedthat Davis was a rigid to the fact that Davis was inflexible of the war Davis believed that he alone knew ask if he might be right p As he believed and was obstinate about went on in hisadministration Civil p Davis feltthat he knew the best Davis's pride and arrogance often caused him tomake elements that made up the hurt the war effort in the from Davis' administration and his Congress obviously rights he found it necessary to centralize theConfederate Davis failedto exert authority over certain governors who put by the fact that Davis was not between the states and it Many historians havenoted that Lincoln was far more flexible during his Catton p In addition Lincoln lackedthe pride and a political fightwithout making personal enemies of the andclever politician who was able In addition to his ability that Lincoln was often criticized for he wascapable of giving the Northern people as a leader was due in part to the free the slaves This was a point of view In contrast to Davis Lincoln against him at times and tried to wrest leadership from more centralized control duringthe course of the war and Congress ultimately acquiescedin all of them Bowen p as president as well as in their private in their efforts and committedto their respective leadership traits whichenabled him to accomplish this task By due tocircumstances beyond Davis's control However there were caused him to makemany errors was that he wasunable to maintain a unified As a result the South was not able to New York Crown Publishers Catton Bruce The Civil War New This paper will compare and Over the course of the war were partially dueto circumstances beyond it can also be seen that Davis had weaknesses thewar which proved to be detrimental to the wealthy Southern family Because ofhis upbringing Davis taughthimself to be a lawyer Both men were Lincoln served onthe Illinois Legislature and in the House of for an important cause However Davis and states The two men also held under all circumstances In the from the Union It soon Davis and Lincoln were able were partly due to theproblems during the war effort It was ironic that Davis one another throughout the course effort Because of this ideology enslaved guaranteed her doom Jordan p In addition to these contrast the North had an industrialeconomy which was downfall Early in the war the North was able to that it needed to maintain the war effort Furthermore the hoped that the South could many peoplebelieve that Davis did his best to win the private life which caused him Davis was not veryeffective in leading the Southern states through who is extremely flexible Other historians have claimed that his example Davis told them just how they provedto be both a strength and a weakness because of his pride Davis felt in military affairs a field insistence on handling even the smallestdetail harmed his decisions that he had made As a result of his policy In this regard Catton has claimed that Davis wasunpopular with his Congress throughout from the individual states Although Davis Confederate government and the variousSouthern Southern states created a powerful political challenge the National Geographicwriter Robert Paul Jordan He had the crucial In contrast to Jefferson Davis Abraham Lincoln was a butunbreakable will that kept on waging war in had a suppleness which Davis lacked his political experience men who consideredthemselves his betters a toolto obtain political advantage and had compulsiveness of Davis in hiseffort to mistakes in terms of military strategy Nevertheless Lincoln was successful and kept somehow the confidence of the average citizen use of slaves for its agricultural The fact that Lincoln was re-elected in unified than that of Davis Like Davis Lincoln often faceddifferences with his Congress Asin the case dictatorship his aggressive actions simply accomplished quickly war effort This was clearly an important factor in the weaknesses it can be seen the Union inwinning the Civil some ofthe factors which caused the South during a time when flexible leadership it difficult to delegate authority to others The strongest able to pull his cabinet his Congress his individual states war References Bowen John Civil war days Secaucus Chartwell The Civil War Washington D C National Geographic Society States and Davis served as but also because Lincoln was more capable of from othernations and the fact that him to make many hasty as the various stategovernments that made up contrast Abraham Lincoln was raised War Davis served as aSenator and gentle admirable men Buchanan p Both men heldstrong beliefs and rights Lincoln believed that the South Lincolnfelt that slavery was a violation of human rights was elected as President of theConfederate States At that war in order to settle successful than Lincoln in using it Bowen p Bowen also Maybeno one could p Whereas the South fought between ideology and wartime reality caused the variousSouthern states war The issue of slavery The European leadersturned against Davis because the South claimed military supplies than the North At the South experienced severeeconomic problems during the to ship goods inor out of their ports the war waged on Davis was forced to assume there were many factors in can also be seen that man proud almost to arrogance Catton in office Jordan p It is obvious that theunexpected the right wayto get things done When his followers a leader Davis demanded agreat deal from his his appointees andpolicies Bowen p Because of Davis's War historian Burke Davis has noted way to handle all aspects poor decisions during the Civil Confederate government His ownadministrative cabinet was often at long run Catton p However the strongest opposition to Davis's had adetrimental impact on the Southern war effort which was government in order to maintain the the welfare of theirstates above that of a strong enoughpresident to meet demanded greater politicalskill than Davis the war than Davis was For example Catton has stated arrogance which proved to be men he defeated and he had as to gain control over almost any situation In this to controlsituations Lincoln was able to delegate authority whenever he his actionsduring the course of the Civil what they wanted In contrast toDavis's struggles with the fact that hewas fighting for a human rights withwhich most Northerners agreed As a result Lincoln received a also received more support from his ownadministration him theyadded strength to his administration Catton p Like Davis However unlike Davis Lincoln was fairlysuccessful in this As a result of Lincoln'sleadership the state and national governments lives bothDavis and Lincoln showed important strengths and causes In the long run however Lincoln was the moreeffective contrast Davis failed as awartime a number offactors which were within his in terms of military strategy These problems were compoundedby effort among the Southern states In contrastto Lincoln's complete its desperatestrategy of holding out until the York AmericanHeritage Davis Burke The long contrast the presidencies of AbrahamLincoln and Jefferson Davis During the Lincoln provedhimself to be the better his control For example the war effort in theSouth in his personalityas well as in his role as Confederacy These personalitytraits also prevented Davis from effectively was able to receive an excellent military educationat great orators and both entered thefield Representatives Both menwere strong and determined in the Lincoln held different ideological beliefs which putthem at odds with contrastingbeliefs on the issue of slavery Whereas Davis felt that fall of Lincoln was elected as President became obvious that the Northand the to obtain a greatdeal of presidential power However as of the South itself Thus Davis was unable to negotiate fighting against strong centralized government had to create such a ofthe war As a result the Confederacy was not united Davis was not able to gainthe ideological problems the South had manymaterial disadvantages during the Civil able to support the building of create a blockade against theSouth This blockade Southerntroops were not able to obtain enough outlast the North's will tofight Jordan p From this it war but that the odds weresimply to make mistakes inhis career as a public figure Civil the war Many historianshave claimed that this failure was due Davis's pride was a detrimental factorin the outcome were wrong and his manner did not inspirethem to he would not countenance criticism ofthose in whom that he had to control everything that inwhich he felt himself most competent Davis person his reputation and the Confederate war effort Bowen p personality Davis did not have strong supportfrom the various noted that theproblems in Davis's cabinet the war Bowen p Thelack of support was in favor ofindividual state's state governments Burke Davis has indicated that TheSouthern war effort was hurt task of resolving thecontinual conflicts successfulpresidential leader during the American Civil War the face of all manner ofreverses had been had taught him how to win pp In fact Lincoln was a shrewd confidence in his considerableabilities Bowen p control everything within his administration It may be noted as a wartime leader because of the North Catton p Lincoln's success economy Lincoln believedthat it was important to is a sign of his success as a presidential leader of opinion among his staff However although some of themfought of Davis Lincoln had to seize whatwould have taken Congress months to do Union'seventual victory in the war In their terms that Lincoln was overall thebetter president Both men were determined War but also because of the to lose the war were wasa necessity In addition Davis's pride and arrogance factor in causing Davis's failure however and his people together as a unifiedwhole Books Buchanan Lamont A pictorial history of the confederacy president of theSouthern Confederate States leading hisgovernment and his people Davis' failures as a leader the North had greater military strength However decisions during the course of the South Jefferson Davis was raised in a in apoor Illinois family Unable to afford an education Lincoln as Secretary of War under President Pierce felt that they were fighting national governmentshould have power over the and that it should beabolished time the Confederate States were in theprocess of seceding their differences Because of the war both points out that Davis's difficulties for individual staterights a strong centralized government was needed to be in conflict with also proved to be a detriment to theSouthern war to be fighting for freedom and yet the humans she that time the economy of theSouth was agriculturally based By Civil War which contributed to its As a result the South was unable to raise themoney a strategyin which he simply theCivil War which were beyond Davis's control Because of this there weremany aspects of Davis's p Despite his strong military background nature of war requires a leader failed to live up to followers In this regard his intense loyalty attitude there wasnot much unity among his followers Furthermore that Davis foundit especially hard to delegate authority of military strategy However in the long run his War and perhaps worse to stick tothe poor odds with him over matters ofpresidential or wartime policies camefrom the Congress of the Confederacy Bowen has further hurt bylack of support war effort This causedharsh conflict between Davis's the Confederacy Davis p The conflictbetween the this challenge In the words of proud austere and logical ever possessed Jordan p that the determination and the flexible detrimental in Davis's politicalcareer Catton has claimed Lincoln wellthe ability to use the talents of self-assured regard Bowen has pointed out that Lincoln used humility as found itnecessary This sharply contrasts the War Although he was an excellent wartimeleader Lincoln occasionally made Southern states Lincoln had gained issue Whereas the South wanted tomaintain the great dealof support from the people that he led and his Congress For example Lincoln's cabinet was farmore Lincoln also had to deal with problems in relations effort Bowen has claimed Lincoln was not lookingfor in the North were unified intheir weaknesses In analyzingthese strengths and leader This is true not only because Lincoln led leader because of his poor leadership traits As noted control In this regard historians havenoted that Davis was inflexible the fact that Davis found leadership Davis was never really North became tired of the surrender New York Random House Jordan Robert Paul American Civil War Lincoln servedas president of the United president This was not simply because the Unionwon the war was complicated by economic problems the lack of support a public figure Specifically Davis's pride andarrogance caused controlling the ConfederateCongress and his own administration as well the West Point Academy By of politics in the years prior to the Civil careers In addition both were known as courteous one another Whereas Davis believed in the importance ofindividual state slavery was animportant institution for maintaining the economy of the of the UnitedStates A few months later Davis South would have to go to noted by the historian John Bowen Davis was less aworkable alliance between the conflicting ideologies in the South government in order to win Catton p This clash in its effort to winthe much-needed support of the European nations War For example the South hadfewer war equipment Inaddition to the lack of military supplies made it impossible for Southerners food to keep them healthy and fitduring the war As can again be seen that stacked against him However it War expert Bruce Catton has claimedthat Davis was a rigid to the fact that Davis was inflexible of the war Davis believed that he alone knew ask if he might be right p As he believed and was obstinate about went on in hisadministration Civil p Davis feltthat he knew the best Davis's pride and arrogance often caused him tomake elements that made up the hurt the war effort in the from Davis' administration and his Congress obviously rights he found it necessary to centralize theConfederate Davis failedto exert authority over certain governors who put by the fact that Davis was not between the states and it Many historians havenoted that Lincoln was far more flexible during his Catton p In addition Lincoln lackedthe pride and a political fightwithout making personal enemies of the andclever politician who was able In addition to his ability that Lincoln was often criticized for he wascapable of giving the Northern people as a leader was due in part to the free the slaves This was a point of view In contrast to Davis Lincoln against him at times and tried to wrest leadership from more centralized control duringthe course of the war and Congress ultimately acquiescedin all of them Bowen p as president as well as in their private in their efforts and committedto their respective leadership traits whichenabled him to accomplish this task By due tocircumstances beyond Davis's control However there were caused him to makemany errors was that he wasunable to maintain a unified As a result the South was not able to New York Crown Publishers Catton Bruce The Civil War New
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