His was, no doubt, the most accomplished presidency in the 64 years between George Washington’s and Abraham Lincoln’s. And ...

The problem with populism is that it doesn’t work.

(Doug Mills | The New York Times) President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in ...

Presidential inaugurations are by definition historic acts, but when we think of past Inauguration Days there is clearly a ...

One of the most vexing political questions throughout American history has been the role and importance of the vice president ...

Andrew Jackson appointed him that year as governor of Florida instead. Jackson later appointed Eaton as Minister to Spain in 1836. When the Democrats lost power in 1840, John and Peggy Eaton returned ...

The portrait of Andrew Jackson has returned to the wall of the Oval Office, put up iAll Postsn time to greet President Donald ...

The portrait of Andrew Jackson has returned to the wall of the Oval Office, put up in time to greet President Donald Trump as he entered for the first time as the 47th president. It's a choice ...

The portrait of Andrew Jackson has returned to the wall of the Oval Office, put up in time to greet President Trump as he entered for the first time as the 47th president. It’s a choice Democrats are ...

Inconveniently, Jackson was long a Democratic icon, nominated for his second term in 1832 by the first Democratic National Convention, and there is something to be said for the man who founded wha ...