For much of the 20th century, efforts to remake government were driven by a progressive desire to make the government work ...

The Columbia County Libraries Association (CCLA) invites the public to the inaugural program in a new history series on ...

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the mountain was named for McKinley in 1896 by William Andrews Dickey, a prospector ...

Welcome to the first, ahem, serving of Whole-Hog Politics, a weekly note that aims to give you a quick and useful overview of ...

While claiming his recent election as a mandate, Donald Trump, during his inaugural speech, promised to reverse the policies ...

Franklin D Roosevelt, who won the 1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944 elections – dying three months into his fourth term in office – is the only president to serve more than twice. The 22nd Amendment ...

President Jimmy Carter (D) made the most judicial appointments relative to his ... During his term in office, President Franklin Pierce nominated 16 judges to the federal courts. He nominated one ...

Trump, speaking to ABC News, describes the new charges as a "pile-on" and says "it's election interference" meant to keep him from winning back the presidency. Trump, appearing in a Washington, D ...

“The first service to mark the peaceful transfer of power between administrations was held in 1933, with the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The services moved around Washington, D.C., before ...

Early on, I landed on my top five: Lincoln’s first and second inaugural addresses, Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first inaugural address and “Four Freedoms” State of the Union speech and John F.

His may have been a time of partisan conflict, but it is tame in comparison with ours; his rival in that fall’s election was ... time for as long as Franklin Delano Roosevelt was?