From the Anti-Masons to Elon Musk's new America Party, here's a look at how third parties have made their mark through ...

The United States has had a long history as a two-party electoral system. But many, if not most, Americans are unhappy with ...

“From the beginning of the republic, presidents have picked justices for reasons that include balancing regional interests, ...

The Anti-Masons were the first recognized third party. It was formed in 1828 in opposition to the Freemasons, a secret ...

All call the socialist a threat, raising hopes that one or more will show the selflessness of the 19th-century Speaker, Henry ...

President Andrew Jackson bought The Hermitage property in 1804. At first, he lived in his log cabin for 17 years before moving into the brick mansion.

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Eaton had defended Jackson’s wife, Rachel, during his presidential campaign, so Jackson felt in his debt. Many of his cabinet members assumed that Jackson would be a one-term president, so they began ...

In an otherwise excellent column (“Trump’s Echo of 1829,” op-ed, Feb. 27) Karl Rove contends that President Andrew Jackson “presided over the ‘Tariff of Abominations.’” This requires ...

Andrew Jackson's first election was opposed by his four living predecessors, as Donald Trump's was by his five.

Thomas Jefferson, who, as vice president, had presided as the 30-year-old Jackson exploded in fury, called him “a dangerous man” and told visitors to Monticello years later that he was, in his ...

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.