The Madison-Jefferson letters presaged the 1824 election which, thrown to the House, resulted in the election of John Quincy ...

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

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

A mericans are headed to the polls today to cast their ballots in a crucial election. People are anxious, hopeful, and scared ...

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

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.

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

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

Every Election Day in Wisconsin is important, but Tuesday has historic importance. In the presidential race, Democratic Vice ...

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

There would be no country without the founding compromise.