Thomas Jefferson

A madman versus a crook? Unexpected twists? Fake news? Welcome to the election of 1800.

An interview with Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf.

Read an excerpt from TIME's special edition about Alexander Hamilton.

Thomas Jefferson's republican simplicity.

Did Thomas Jefferson really believe, “That government is best which governs least?”

Over the course of U.S. history, presidential rematches have signaled momentous political upheavals.

Remembering an exchange between George Washington and the poet Phillis Wheatley.

On the inseparable histories of matrimony and disunion in the United States.

From Jefferson's viewpoint, Native peoples could claim a title to their homelands, but they did not own that land as private property.

Life as a Signal Corps weatherman was dangerous: besides inclement weather, they faced labor riots, conflicts with Native Americans, yellow fever outbreaks, fires, and more.

The presence of Federalist judges frustrated Thomas Jefferson and his Democratic-Republican Party, bring justice Samuel Chase under fire.

The early republic and the seventh planet.

1796, the first contested presidential election.

Native editors are fighting back.

For its ubiquity and richness, the American library building stands as a reflection of the country’s enlightened calling.

Aaron Burr was the highest-ranking official to stand trial for treason, which some people have invoked now amid probes into ex-president Donald Trump.

Breaking down the myths of originalism and America's founding.

Let’s consider the significance and responsibility of outlining, drafting, and shaping our nation as the Founding Fathers put pen to paper.

The struggle for progress is always two steps forward and at least one step back.

The author of new book explains the fraught and turbulent relationship between religion and government in the U.S.