As summer approaches, don’t forget your history. Here’s a presidential lesson or two. John Quincy Adams — despite his great ...

Sen. Robert Johnson was once one of Arkansas’s most powerful politicians. In a time when the nation was pulling itself apart, Johnson became one of those men pulling hardest of ...

He was the last of three generations spanning nearly the entire history of the United States: When his grandfather was born, ...

Texas statehood was made official on Dec. 28. On Feb. 19, 1846, statehood was made official. In a solemn ceremony, Jones ...

If Trump were to accept a luxury jet, it would seem to violate the Constitution's emoluments clause, which is pretty clear that a president must ask Congress for permission.

When sultans tried to give President Martin Van Buren lavish gifts, he did what the Constitution requires and asked Congress what to do. Two live lions had been gifted to Van Buren by the Sultan ...

On June 22, 1848, the political party was created at a convention in Buffalo and nominated Martin Van Buren ... to win the election and become the 12th president. Van Buren received just over ...

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 ...

OK, Martin Van Buren was never initialized. But you are far from alone if you know nothing about our eighth president ... “parties really take shape and become the central force in American ...

Eaton would become secretary of war, but he also ended up embarrassing the president ... profile characters of his administration, Martin Van Buren and John C. Calhoun. It wasn’t just an ...

Jackson’s vice president was more like Trump’s first one than Vance. Martin Van Buren was ... as well as parts of what would later become Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming, and Montana.