Statue of Jefferson Davis (Frankfort, Kentucky)

{{Short description|Statue in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S.}}

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| image = Jefferson Davis by Frederick Cleveland Hibbard - Kentucky State Capitol - DSC09226.JPG

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| artist = Frederick Hibbard

| year = {{start date|1936}}

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| medium = Tennessee marble{{Cite web|url=https://historicproperties.ky.gov/hp/ncs/Pages/crs.aspx|title=Historic Properties Capitol Rotunda Statuary|website=historicproperties.ky.gov|access-date=2020-06-13|archive-date=2020-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616031620/https://historicproperties.ky.gov/hp/ncs/Pages/crs.aspx|url-status=live}}

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| subject = Jefferson Davis

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| city = Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S.

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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.{{Cite news|date=2020-06-13|title=Kentucky to remove statue of Confederate leader Jefferson Davis from Capitol|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-kentucky-idUSKBN23J30N|access-date=2020-06-13|archive-date=2020-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612221451/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-kentucky-idUSKBN23J30N|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Jefferson Davis Statue Voted Out Of Kentucky State Capitol|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/06/12/876220211/jefferson-davis-statue-to-be-removed-from-kentucky-state-capitol|access-date=2020-06-13|website=NPR.org|date=12 June 2020 |language=en|archive-date=2020-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613010249/https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/06/12/876220211/jefferson-davis-statue-to-be-removed-from-kentucky-state-capitol|url-status=live|last1=Horn |first1=Austin }}

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

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JEFFERSON DAVIS

BORN: FAIRVIEW KENTUCKY JUNE 3, 1808

DIED: DECEMBER 6, 1889

ONLY PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY

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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

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In 2018, the second plaque was removed.{{Cite web |title= A plaque calling Jefferson Davis a 'patriot' was removed from his Kentucky Capitol statue |author= Novelly, Thomas |work= The Courier-Journal |date= March 29, 2018 |url= https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2018/03/29/kentucky-capitol-jefferson-davis-plaque-removed/469331002/ |accessdate= 4 June 2020 |archive-date= 15 June 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220615034259/https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2018/03/29/kentucky-capitol-jefferson-davis-plaque-removed/469331002/ |url-status= live }}