Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis both grew up with fathers that were the typical hardworking, small farmers who moved from place to place. Samuel Davis and Thomas Lincoln were very similar fathers who valued education as a means for advancing their sons future.3 The relationship between father and son in both Lincoln and Davis' life.
Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln: Contrasts North and South One of the greatest ironies of the American Civil War is that both Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis were both born in Kentucky. The two men who would lead Americans in the most titanic struggle in our history were born about a hundred miles apart. History records that Lincoln was born February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville.
Abraham Lincoln vs. Jefferson Davis Summary: A comparison of the Civil War presidencies of Abraham Lincoln for the Union and Jefferson Davis for the Confederacy shows some similarities. Both conflicted with other individuals in their respective governments -- Lincoln with the U.S. Senate, Davis with his vice president Alexander Stephens.
Lincoln, on the other hand, lost the election but won acclaim as an eloquent spokesman for the Republican cause. In 1860 the Lincoln-Douglas debates were printed as a book and used as an important campaign document in the presidential contest that year, which once again pitted Republican Lincoln against Democrat Douglas. This time, however.