Bradley in Martin Van Buren: America’s First Politician, a lively and illuminating new biography of our eighth president—the first to be born a U.S. citizen. Absent a strong opposition party ...

One person in history has defied George Washington’s two-term example. Franklin D. Roosevelt died 80 years ago Saturday, in ...

We typically use OK or okay to express assent, agreement or acceptance. It can also be an adjective or adverb to suggest ...

Only one US president has defied the two-term norm set by George Washington. Franklin D. Roosevelt won a third term using World War II as justification but faced criticism. This led to the 22nd ...

was the first president not to have worked with Washington or have known him. Yet by the time Jackson endorsed his own successor, Martin Van Buren, two terms had become the standard. A few pushed ...

It seemed a foregone conclusion that Washington, president of the 1787 convention that yielded the U.S. Constitution, also ...

was the first president not to have worked with Washington or have known him. Yet by the time Jackson endorsed his own successor, Martin Van Buren, two terms had become the standard. A few pushed ...