In these bitterly divisive times, it’s hard to believe that 200 years ago America elected a president without a hint of the rancor we see in this year’s presidential race.That was because in ...

LBJ won 44 states and 61.1 percent of the popular vote, the highest percentage since the election of 1820 (which you'll learn more about below). 9. Ronald Reagan over Jimmy Carter (1980) ...

Harold Meyerson Round One - November 1, 2000 At first glance, the choice before the voters in this year's election may seem closer in importance to the election of 1820, when James Monroe ran ...

On this day in 1820, Maine entered the Union as the 23rd state in accord with the Missouri Compromise, having been carved out of Massachusetts. France and Britain had disputed ownership until 1763 ...