One of the most vexing political questions throughout American history has been the role and importance of the vice president. Originally, the vice president was little more than a backup in case the ...

The relationship between Congress and Johnson experienced a slow deterioration until he ultimately became the first U.S. president to be impeached in 1868. In a biography of his ... the details ...

CNN will be providing live coverage of Donald Trump’s second inauguration throughout Monday. Special live coverage begins at 7 a.m. ET and carries on through the ceremony, oath of office and inaugural ...

Day 1 executive actions: President Donald Trump has signed a ... missed their successors’ scheduled swearing in, Martin Van Buren and Woodrow Wilson. The reason for Van Buren’s absence is ...

President Martin Van Buren, the man most responsible for the modern idea of organized political parties in the United States, wrote, “A moneyed oligarchy [is] the most selfish and monopolizing ...

By TR Just like a myriad of other things, there is an amazing number of facts and trivia surrounding the U.S. Presidents ...

After winning the 2024 presidential election against Kamala Harris, President-elect Donald Trump will enter ... John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren and Andrew Johnson. Trump was the first to do so in ...

Had lunch with some friends the other day. Conversation turned to Tommy Wayne Kramer’s over-the-top lashing of everything he could squeeze into his waste barrel of history (“Let’s do the Trump ...

They have overwhelmingly been the presidents’ spouses but there has been a niece (to James Buchanan), a daughter (to Thomas Jefferson), a sister (Grover Cleveland) and even a few daughters-in-law (to ...