Too bad Kentucky-born political leader Jefferson Davis, onetime U.S. Senator and former U.S. Secretary of War, didn’t consider a better encore for his performance as president of the Confederate ...
They were born less than a year and about 100 miles apart, and they departed for their inaugurations on the same day, Feb. 11, 1861. Their differences, of course, dwarf the similarities. Abraham ...
The U.S. Senate still uses desks from 1819, including one used by Jefferson Davis. Most desks are assigned by seniority, but a few, like the Jefferson Davis desk, are reserved. The Jefferson Davis ...