Flashback 1978. Jimmy Carter Pardons Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

Flashback 1978. The National Constitutional Center reports:

in 1978, President Jimmy Carter officially restored the full citizenship rights of former Confederate president Jefferson Davis, signing an act from Congress that ended a century-long dispute.


Davis is most remembered today as one of the leaders of the Confederacy, along with General Robert E. Lee.

In 1976, Lee’s citizenship was restored by Congress, also about a century after Lee’s death after the Civil War. The restoration of Davis’ citizenship soon followed.

“In posthumously restoring the full rights of citizenship to Jefferson Davis, the Congress officially completes the long process of reconciliation that has reunited our people following the tragic conflict between the States,” the resolution read on October 17, 1978.

Progressive hero , President Jimmy Carter. Imagine that.