Statue of Jefferson Davis (Frankfort, Kentucky)

Statue in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S.

Statue of Jefferson Davis

Artist	Frederick Hibbard
Year	1936 (1936)
Medium	Tennessee marble
Subject	Jefferson Davis
Dimensions	4.6 m (15 ft)
Location	Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S.
Owner	Commonwealth 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. 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:

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.

References

^ "Historic Properties Capitol Rotunda Statuary". historicproperties.ky.gov. Archived from the original on 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
"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.
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.
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.

External links

Media related to Jefferson Davis by Frederick Cleveland Hibbard at Wikimedia Commons

v t e List of American Civil War monuments in Kentucky
Union	Covington Frankfort Lebanon (Offutt) Louisville Louisville (Bloedner) Perryville Vanceburg
Confederate	Augusta Bardstown Bowling Green Bowling Green (Perry) Cadiz Caldwell Crab Orchard Cynthiana Danville Eminence Fairview Frankfort Fulton Georgetown Glasgow Harrodsburg Hickman Hopkinsville (Fountain) Hopkinsville (Latham) Horse Cave Jeffersontown Lawrenceburg Lexington Lexington (Breckinridge) Lexington (Ladies) Lexington (Morgan) Louisville Louisville (Castleman) Mayfield (Gates) Mayfield (Fountain) Midway Morganfield Mt. Sterling Munfordville (Smith) Murray Nancy (Mass Grave) Nancy (Zollicoffer) Nicholasville Owensboro Owingsville Paducah Paducah (Tilghman) Paris Perryville Perryville (Unknown) Pewee Valley Russellville St. Joseph (T&P) Somerset Tebbs Bend Versailles Water Valley
Both	Covington Harrodsburg (Magoffin) Morgantown
See also: Kentucky in the American Civil War

Monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests

United States

Alabama	Birmingham – Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument; Charles Linn Huntsville – Confederate Soldier Memorial ✻ Mobile – Raphael Semmes
Arkansas	Bentonville – Confederate Monument ✻ Little Rock – Company A, Capitol Guards Pine Bluff – Confederate Monument
California	Carmel-by-the-Sea – Junípero Serra Chula Vista – Christopher Columbus Los Angeles – Junípero Serra Sacramento – Columbus' Last Appeal to Queen Isabella ✻; Junípero Serra; John Sutter San Francisco – Christopher Columbus; Ulysses S. Grant; Francis Scott Key; Junípero Serra Ventura – Junípero Serra ✻
Connecticut	Bridgeport – Christopher Columbus Hartford – Christopher Columbus ✻ Middletown – Christopher Columbus New Haven – Christopher Columbus ✻ New London – Christopher Columbus ✻ Norwalk – Christopher Columbus
Delaware	Dover – Delaware Law Enforcement Memorial Wilmington – Christopher Columbus; Caesar Rodney
District of Columbia	Washington – Albert Pike
Florida	Jacksonville – Confederate Memorial; Florida's Tribute to the Women of the Confederacy ✻ Palatka – Putnam County Confederate Memorial ✻ Quincy – Gadsden Confederate Memorial
Georgia	Athens – Confederate Monument Decatur – DeKalb County Confederate Monument
Indiana	Indianapolis – Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Kentucky	Frankfort – Jefferson Davis Louisville – John B. Castleman; Louis XVI
Louisiana	New Orleans – John McDonogh
Massachusetts	Boston – Christopher Columbus; Emancipation Memorial
Michigan	Dearborn – Orville L. Hubbard Detroit – Christopher Columbus
Minnesota	Minneapolis – Calvin Griffith Saint Paul – Christopher Columbus
Missouri	St. Louis – Christopher Columbus
Nevada	Las Vegas – Hey Reb!
New Jersey	Camden – Christopher Columbus Newark – Christopher Columbus West Orange – Christopher Columbus ✻
New Mexico	Albuquerque – Juan de Oñate Alcalde – Juan de Oñate Santa Fe – Diego de Vargas
New York	Albany – Philip Schuyler ✻ Buffalo – Christopher Columbus Hempstead – Thomas Jefferson New York City – Theodore Roosevelt Rochester – Frederick Douglass
North Carolina	Asheville – Vance Monument ✻ Charlotte – Jerry Richardson Raleigh – North Carolina Women of the Confederacy; Josephus Daniels; Henry Lawson Wyatt Rocky Mount – Nash County Confederate Monument ✻ Salisbury – Gloria Victis ✻ Wilmington – Confederate Memorial; George Davis
Ohio	Columbus – Christopher Columbus (City Hall); Christopher Columbus (Columbus State Community College)
Oregon	Eugene – The Pioneer; The Pioneer Mother Portland – Captain William Clark Monument; Thompson Elk Fountain; Thomas Jefferson; Abraham Lincoln; Theodore Roosevelt; Harvey W. Scott; George Washington
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia – Christopher Columbus ✻; Frank Rizzo; George Whitefield
Rhode Island	Providence – Christopher Columbus
South Carolina	Columbia – Christopher Columbus Charleston – John C. Calhoun
Tennessee	Nashville – Edward W. Carmack; Sam Davis ✻
Texas	Beaumont – Our Confederate Soldiers Dallas – Confederate War Memorial; One Riot, One Ranger Denton – Confederate Soldier Monument ✻ Fort Worth – Confederate Monument Houston – Christopher Columbus; Richard W. Dowling ✻; Spirit of the Confederacy
Virginia	Alexandria – Appomattox Fredericksburg – Slave Auction Block Norfolk – Confederate Monument Portsmouth – Confederate Monument Roanoke – Robert E. Lee Richmond – Christopher Columbus; Jefferson Davis; Howitzer Monument ✻; Stonewall Jackson; Robert E. Lee; Matthew Fontaine Maury; Richmond Police Memorial; J. E. B. Stuart; Williams Carter Wickham
Wisconsin	Madison – Forward; Hans Christian Heg

Other countries

Belgium	Antwerp – Leopold II Ghent – Leopold II
New Zealand	Hamilton – John Fane Charles Hamilton
United Kingdom	Bristol – Edward Colston Cambridge – Sir Ronald Fisher window Greater Manchester – Dunham Massey Hall sundial London – John Cass; Robert Clayton ✻; Thomas Guy ✻; Robert Milligan

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