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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mississippi honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis today. The Magnolia State isn't the only one to honor him with a state ...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, this book is a powerful new reckoning with Jefferson Davis as military commander of the Confederacy. History has not been kind to ...

Think your office furniture is old? The U.S. Senate is still using desks made 200 years ago. A Mississippi senator is still using the one that Jefferson Davis sat at before becoming president of the ...

Mississippi observes Jefferson Davis' birthday, combined with Memorial Day, as a state holiday. This combined holiday is one of three Confederate holidays observed in Mississippi. While other states ...