List of presidents of the Confederate States (Southern Way of Life)

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center; ! scope=col | No. ! scope=col class=unsortable | Portrait ! scope=col | Name (Birth–Death) ! scope=col class=unsortable | Term ! scope=col colspan=2 | Party ! scope=col class=unsortable | Election ! scope=col class=unsortable | Vice President

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 * President-Jefferson-Davis (cropped).jpg
 * data-sort-value="Adams, John" | Jefferson Davis (1808–1889)
 * February 18, 1861 – February 22, 1868
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 * Unaffiliated
 * 1861
 * Alexander H. Stephens

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 * Alexander_Hamilton_Stephens.jpg
 * data-sort-value="Adams, John" | Alexander H. Stephens (1812–1883)
 * February 22, 1868 – February 22, 1874
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 * Democratic
 * 1867
 * Robert Toombs

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 * Nathan_B._Forrest_-_LOCc.jpg
 * data-sort-value="Adams, John" | Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821–1877)
 * February 22, 1874 – October 29, 1877
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 * Nationalist
 * 1873
 * John W. Morton

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 * Capt._John_W._Morton.tif
 * data-sort-value="Adams, John" | John W. Morton (1842–1914)
 * October 29, 1877 – February 22, 1880
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 * Nationalist
 * Vacant throughout presidency
 * Vacant throughout presidency

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 * [[File:Christopher_Memminger_(1803-1888),_Secretary_of_Treasury_Confederate_States_of_America.jpg|160px|alt=Painting of John Adams]]
 * data-sort-value="Adams, John" | Christopher Memminger (1803–1888)
 * February 22, 1880 – February 22, 1886
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 * Democratic
 * 1879
 * Benjamin F. Jonas

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 * JHRegan.jpg
 * data-sort-value="Adams, John" | John H. Reagan (1818–1905)
 * February 22, 1886 – February 22, 1892
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 * Democratic
 * 1885
 * Samuel Maxey