A mericans are headed to the polls today to cast their ballots in a crucial election. People are anxious, hopeful, and scared ...

But I’m struck by the similarities between 2024 and a much earlier election, one of the most consequential in our nation’s ...

The US is not unaccustomed to contentious elections, but they rarely result in violence. However, an electoral tie and a ...

The election of 1800 alone featured almost everything that's made President Trump's three presidential contests a wild ride.

The peculiar result of the election of 1800 is familiar to most readers: Jefferson, 73; Burr, 73; Adams, 65; C. C. Pinckney, 64; Jay, 1. Again Hamilton's preposterous device of the electoral ...

The 2024 election has finally ended. What happens now? There’s a 2½-month period between Election Day and Inauguration Day.

In a case of stunningly bad timing, the election of 1800 came before news of Adams' successful diplomacy reached America. John Adams lost the election. Republicans Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied ...

Much of Adams’ presidency was dedicated to dealing with international issues—but he was successful and ultimately avoided war with the Treaty of Montefontaine in 1800. During the election of 1796, the ...

The Madison-Jefferson letters presaged the 1824 election which, thrown to the House, resulted in the election of John Quincy ...

With the aid of his clandestine patron Thomas Jefferson, Scottish "scandalmonger" James Callender launched a print campaign against President John Adams that would make the election of 1800 one ...

In fact, the election of 1800 alone featured almost everything that’s made Donald Trump’s three presidential contests a wild ride. Accusations of foreign interference? Check — John Adams and ...

Democracy, the grand American experiment in which the people ruled through their elected representatives, died on Nov. 6, ...