James Madison, writing in August of 1823 from his home in Montpelier, Virginia, to which he repaired in what turned out be a ...

“Writing the Constitution” by Austin Peay State University history professor, Dr. Kevin Tanner, will tell the story of how ...

Forging unity is the ongoing work of American life. After an election, after an arduous legislative process, after more than ...

James Madison was the fourth U.S. president and is often referred to as the “Father of the Constitution” because of his role in writing America’s founding documents. His portrait has been featured on ...

Most provisions of the Bill of Rights were requested in some form as the states ratified the original Constitution. The Takings Clause was not. Representative James Madison added it for ...

James Madison. Madison was instrumental in shaping the early American government. He was so involved in the creation and ...

With a very closely divided, near-dysfunctional House, President-elect Trump should not be cannibalizing the Republican caucus for spots in his administration.

The average lifespan of a constitution, often called a "living document," has not increased to the same extent over the last two centuries. Wars, internal conflicts, economic crises, and political ...

The presidential election of 1788, the first under the newly minted Constitution, was unusual, even unique. Here’s how.

Actually, the Electoral College was about both and more. Examining the perspective of John Dickinson, a delegate from Delaware and an architect of the Electoral College who neither distrusted the ...

The bitter 1800 presidential election tested the democratic structure of the United States just a few years after the revolution that had created the young nation. The sitting vice president, Thomas ...

James Madison, writing in August of 1823 from his home in Montpelier, Virginia, to which he repaired in what turned out be a futile effort to retire from public life, ...