Benjamin Tillman (Look Away)

Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 - July 3, 1918) was a Confederate politician who served as President of the Confederate States from 1904 until 1910. A staunch white supremacist, his election led to the 'Bleeding Years' and a great increase of racial violence against black free men.

Born in 1847 in Trenton, South Carolina, he was the first elected Confederate President not to have fought in the War of Secession.

After his presidency he returned to the Confederate Senate, serving until his death in 1918.