It is widely known that George Washington was the first President of the United States. It is also well known that he was a ...

Statistics report on the history of U.S. presidential elections from 1789 to 2020 This report presents a range of statistics and facts relating to all U.S. presidential elections held from 1789 ...

There isn't one solution to galvanizing the electorate; it's more of a suite of reforms, says Editorials Editor Ginnie Graham ...

The rare document, signed by Philadelphian Charles Thomson, is one of only eight known surviving signed ratification copies ...

It is hard to imagine the United States without the Constitution. This short document, drafted in 1787 in a hot and stuffy ...

While George Washington was the first and last independent to win the presidency in 1789, third-party and independent ...

President George Washington issued his Farewell Address on this day in history, Sept. 19, 1796. He spoke proudly of the new ...

With the success of the AfD party in Thuringia and Saxony, those familiar with the rise of Napoleon and Hitler see parallels.

He lost and became Vice-president to George Washington during both terms (1789-1792) (1793-1796). In 1796, he decided to run yet again for the presidency. He won the election and assumed the ...

The election of November may prove a Culloden ... though the uninitiated fail to see any logical sequence from 1789 to 1815 or 1860. If Mr. Bell loves the Constitution, Mr. Breckinridge is ...

Surprising facts about the Electoral College's origins and evolution—and just who is an elector—to ponder alongside giving a watch to One Person, One Vote? on PBS.

The election of 1824 ended that era ... Americans would have hardly recognized the United States of 1824. Since 1789, the number of states had nearly doubled, growing to 24.