The 47th president says he’ll comply with court decisions. The seventh didn’t always do so.

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan The United States is in a constitutional crisis with scant historical precedent as President ...

To Marcy, the phrase meant that the winning side in an election has the right to choose people to fill non-elected political ...

Andrew Jackson's tombstone is etched with ... Journal thundered in an 1828 editorial. Throughout the election, Jackson tried to shield Rachel, who already loathed the idea of leaving the Hermitage ...

Jackson’s first election was opposed by his four living predecessors, as Trump’s was by his five. But Jackson was the first and so far only president who determined his party’s presidential ...

The 1828 election was seen as a rematch between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson; the latter won, in part, because of the “Corrupt Bargain” election of 1824. Challenges In Congress, “Whigs,” as ...

By warning of the threat oligarchy poses to the country, President Joe Biden tapped into a Democratic Party tradition begun in the mid-19th century.

In an election year, Jackson understood the political clout this ... Legacy In the genre of presidential portraiture, Andrew Jackson has been one of the most portrayed chief executives in history, ...

Duel pistols were no match for the White House incumbent, who fended off the assailant with his cane on this date in 1835 Laura Kiniry Forces commanded by Andrew Jackson fought the British in the ...