Andrew Jackson

A warning about the ways we compare Donald Trump to atrocities in history.

Twenty-one historians explain which moments in history are closest to the Trump election - and what we can learn.

The crazy history of nominating Conventions.

Washington changed the world forever when he crossed the Delaware—for the worse.

The longest-running party in America has seen significant shifts in its ideological and geographic makeup.

Who were Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln, and the rest of the first 16 US presidents, what did they do, and what do they hope history has forgotten?

An hour of stories about a few high-stakes inaugurations from the past.

19th-century Americans abandoned the English phrasing of "standing" for election and begin to describe candidates who "run" for office. The race was on.

An unlikely alliance in antebellum America.

With the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, George W. Bush restarts a long and troubled tradition.

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