President George Washington issued his Farewell Address on this day in history, Sept. 19, 1796. He spoke proudly of the new ...

America’s government teacher” Sharon McMahon says the electoral college keeps Republicans and Democrats in power.

In the 1796 election, Federalist John Adams became president and Republican Thomas Jefferson (Adams’s bitter political opponent) became vice president. Four years later, both Jefferson and his ...

John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic, she offers a compelling exploration of the rise and tumultuous tenure ...

When the US Constitution was written in 1787, the Electoral College was created to pick the US president using a majority ...

To answer that question, look no further than The Year of Living Constitutionally, the writer A.J. Jacobs’s hilarious, cringe-inducing, balanced, sincere, and ultimately inspiring attempt to embody ...

Surprising facts about the Electoral College's origins and evolution—and just who is an elector—to ponder alongside giving a watch to One Person, One Vote? on PBS.

As for the most important in history, one could argue that the 1796 election deserves that title in terms of the presidency itself, not so much for who was running as for who was not. That’s the ...

The 1796 election to succeed George Washington as the second president featured Thomas Jefferson against John Adams. Ignoring Washington's warnings against divisive factions in his farewell ...

The 1796 British general election returned members to serve in the 18th and last House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain. They were summoned before the Union of Great Britain and Ireland ...

A century earlier, U.S. newspapers trafficked in mean invectives against some of our Founding Fathers. The 1796 election to succeed George Washington as the second president featured Thomas Jefferson ...

The 1796 election to succeed George Washington as the second president featured Thomas Jefferson against John Adams. Ignoring Washington’s warnings against divisive factions in his farewell ...