In the first three weeks of his administration, President Donald Trump moved with haste to dismantle the federal government's ...

His was, no doubt, the most accomplished presidency in the 64 years between George Washington’s and Abraham Lincoln’s. And where Washington and Lincoln had arrived at moments freighted with destiny ...

Between 1840 and 1900, voter turnout in presidential elections was between 70 and 80 percent of the eligible population. However, by 1924, voter turnout had plummeted to 49 percent, coinciding ...

Accordingly, the 1840 election set a precedent for candidates ... Just eight years later, another iconic campaign song would frame the presidential election of 1960. For his campaign song, the ...

“The inaugural address, the parades, the pageantry are not mandated, but simply have developed historically over time,” says presidential ... During the 1840 election, an editorialist wrote ...

“The inaugural address, the parades, the pageantry are not mandated, but simply have developed historically over time,” says presidential historian Allan ... t entirely unprecedented. During the 1840 ...

The Republican wants to exercise power from day one, with promises of political revenge and plans for mass deportations. His return to the White House on Monday represents a test of strength for US de ...

Then there is the insuperable problem of how pre 1840 tribal customs can have any relevance to ... at school and university and a one-eyed media. The recent American Presidential election looks set to ...

Due to his shortened presidency, Harrison is widely remembered for his 1840 campaign slogan ... the calendar date for the Presidential Inauguration was moved from March 4 to January 20 to reduce the ...

Another theory is that the Democrat Party ran with OK as an acronym for “Old Kinderhook” during the 1840 presidential election. “Old Kinderhook” was a nickname for the Democrat candidate, Martin Van ...

A decorated soldier, farmer and grandfather (he had 25 grandchildren), Harrison was generally perceived as a man of the people, and it contributed to his landslide electoral victory in the November ...