As John Adams saw the political world, there were essentially three main forms of government—monarchy, aristocracy, and ...

James Madison also lamented, “I once said, ‘Knowledge will forever govern ignorance.’ Was I wrong. Look at all of the people ...

The Supreme Court decided Marbury v, Madison (herein Marbury) in 1803, early in Chief Justice John Marshall’s career on the ...

The first governor of the Illinois territory, Ninian Edwards, named the land that would become Madison County after President ...

The presidential election of 1788, the first under the newly minted Constitution, was unusual and even unique in ways that ...

Throughout American history, presidents have come from various economic backgrounds, but a few have entered the White House ...

Washington enjoyed the unreserved trust of his countryman, a point emphasized by Alexander Hamilton, who said the first administration – and the Constitution itself – would be on trial.

LZ Granderson: America has been divided far too long. The way forward is together (ATTENTION EDITORS: 1 photo accompanies this column. FILENAME: OPED-GRANDERSON-COLUMN-GET.jpg) ...

A handful of swing states are once again the focus of a high-stakes election, where electoral votes will decide whether ...

Trump has coined the event as a "celebration of the whole thing." In the final week of his campaign, former President Donald Trump will cross off a campaign bucket-list item on Sunday: a rally in ...