The suffix meter means an instrument that is used to measure something. Words containing this root word include: ammeter; altimeter; anemometer; thermometer; barometer; voltmeter; odometer; speedometer; tachymeter; tachometer; radiometer; spectrometer; spherometer; Meter is actually quite different to metre, which refers to an actual unit of measurement. In the original UK English, such units of measurement are as listed below, and not containing the Americanised spelling of meter. metre; millimetre; centimetre; decimetre; kilometre
The first and only president of the Confederate States of America was Jefferson Davis, since he came to power at the very beginning of the Civil War, and after the Civil War the Confederacy ceased to be. Comments.
Jefferson Davis (June 3, 1808 - December 6, 1889) was the only president of the Confederate States of America. He was appointed provisional president on February 9, 1861, and elected to the presidency on November 6, 1861. He did not serve out his full 6-year term because the government was disbanded on May 5, 1865.