Ever wonder how we ended up with the Electoral College? A new virtual reality experience lets you get inside the 1787 debate over how a U.S. president should be elected.
Even after months of deliberation, delegates to the Constitutional Convention remained deeply ... As the Virginian James Madison noted later in a letter to his good friend Thomas Jefferson ...
The presidential election of 1788, the first under the newly minted Constitution, was unusual, even unique. Here’s how.
James Madison is known as the “Father of the Constitution.” Image courtesy: Reddit He arrived at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia with a clear vision for a new framework of government, ...
Election Day finally arrives on November 5. Follow along for the latest polls, news and reaction from the campaign trail.
While it is debatable what affect celebrity endorsements actually have on voters, dozens of stars have weighed in on this year's historic presidential race.
Harris was hosting a campaign rally in Madison, the battleground state's capital ... I mean, look, it's like what I said at the Republican National Convention. You don’t have to agree with Trump 100% ...
To give the South more influence, James Madison and other influential slave-holding members of the Constitutional Convention advocated for counting slaves, who made up an estimated 40% of the South’s ...
The Federalist Papers are the 85 articles and essays James Madison ... Principles Madison No 40 The Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government Examined and Sustained Madison No 41 General ...
The senior senator from New Jersey is one of the Democratic Party’s OGs of believing in our better angels. Where does all ...
Washington enjoyed the unreserved trust of his countryman, a point emphasized by Alexander Hamilton, who said the first administration – and the Constitution itself – would be on trial.