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Statue of Jefferson Davis (Frankfort, Kentucky)

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Statue of Jefferson Davis
ArtistFrederick Hibbard
Year1936 (1936)
MediumTennessee marble[1]
SubjectJefferson Davis
Dimensions4.6 m (15 ft)
LocationFrankfort, Kentucky, U.S.
OwnerCommonwealth of Kentucky

The Statue of Jefferson Davis was unveiled in the Kentucky State Capitol Rotunda, in Frankfort, Kentucky on December 10, 1936. It depicts Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America. It was erected under the auspices of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.[1] 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.[2][3]

There were two plaques affixed to the base of the statue, which read:

JEFFERSON DAVIS
BORN: FAIRVIEW KENTUCKY JUNE 3, 1808
DIED: DECEMBER 6, 1889
ONLY PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY

PATRIOT – HERO – STATESMAN
JUNE 3, 1808 – DECEMBER 6, 1889
TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY, 1821 – 1824
WEST POINT, 1824 – 1828
BLACK HAWK WAR, 1833
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1845 – 1846
MEXICAN WAR, 1847
U.S. SENATE, 1847 – 1853
SECRETARY OF WAR, 1853 – 1857
U.S. SENATE, 1857 – 1861
PRESIDENT CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA,
1861 – 1865

In 2018, the second plaque was removed.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Historic Properties Capitol Rotunda Statuary". historicproperties.ky.gov. Archived from the original on 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  2. ^ "Kentucky to remove statue of Confederate leader Jefferson Davis from Capitol". Reuters. 2020-06-13. Archived from the original on 2020-06-12. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  3. ^ Horn, Austin (12 June 2020). "Jefferson Davis Statue Voted Out Of Kentucky State Capitol". NPR.org. Archived from the original on 2020-06-13. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  4. ^ Novelly, Thomas (March 29, 2018). "A plaque calling Jefferson Davis a 'patriot' was removed from his Kentucky Capitol statue". The Courier-Journal. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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