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 ...

In March 1801, after the deeply partisan presidential election of 1800, Thomas Jefferson rose in the U.S. Capitol to take the ...

Incumbent Eric Fagan is the apparent winner in the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s race, but provisional ballots could swing the ...

The most famous example of this was John Adams. After Adams and his Federalist Party allies lost the presidency and Congress to Thomas Jefferson and his Democratic-Republicans in the election of 1800, ...

Explore the Electoral College, a system that elects the U.S. president. Learn about its history, process, and how it differs from popular vote.

Legislators from Mexico’s ruling party have reelected the head of the National Human Rights Commission despite widespread ...

Ultimately, Adams was defeated by Thomas Jefferson in the 1800 election. Martin Van Buren, the eighth President of the United States, rose from humble beginnings to the highest office in the land. He ...

Just a week after the election results, Congress remains hard at work ... retirees in Ohio receive their full Social Security benefits—amounting to about $1,800 to $2,000 a month. It’s a huge deal.” ...

Regina voters have a long list of options to choose from when they cast their ballot for mayor today, with 11 candidates ...

After losing in a very close election in 1800, he chose to quietly leave the morning of his successor's inauguration on March 4, 1801. It wasn't until the 1930s that Inauguration Day for president of ...

The lessons of history about second-term presidents and second-term Republicans in particular are not just the stuff of ...