Election of 1840

For American politicians, the obsession with appealing to the everyman dates back to the raucous campaign of 1840.

After the Whig president’s shocking death, his vice president and successor proved to be a Whig by expedience only

In 1840, William Henry Harrison was mocked for his presidential run at age 67 — 15 years younger than President Biden would be at the start of a second term.

How a cheesy joke from the 1830s became one of the most widely spoken words in the world.

We have the Swedes and William Henry Harrison to thank for the popularization of the log cabin.

It crops up in our speech dozens of times every day, although it apparently means little. So how did "OK" conquer the world?

A political education begins with knockoff opinions amid the 1840 U.S. presidential election.

Ambitious office seekers during the nineteenth century experienced wild swings of fortune that depended on the public’s mood and party benevolence.

Because Martin Van Buren was an unsuccessful president, his more significant contributions to the nation’s political life have also been obscured.

Her name was Julia Chinn.

The sick history of the U.S. campaign song.