When the US Constitution was written, many people − from those who wrote the document to those on the outside who read it − believed that endowing the president with kinglike powers was dangerous.

In 1788 Hammond was named Charge’ de Affaires ... He also made an official call on George Washington, whom he described as “very tall, florid and somewhat singular in person, his voice high ...

The sun was just rising over Martin Luther King, Jr. Family Services in Springfield when a small group of marchers started ...

It’s unlikely that the founders had these mass commutations in mind in 1788 when adopting the Constitution ... beginning with Presidents George Washington and John Adams. Congress enacted ...

Each state honors two notable people in their history by donating statues to the National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S. Capitol. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed replacing the bronze ...

In 1788, a patriot who went under the pseudonym of “Philadelphiensis ... Americans’ faith in their first president, the upstanding George Washington, helped convince them that all would end well and ...

States can create and enforce environmental laws that exceed federal standards. One notable example is the state of California, which has stringent air and water quality regulations that go beyond ...

Elections took place from December 15, 1788 to January 10, 1789, and the new government took charge on March 4, 1789. America’s first presidential election was won by George Washington, and John Adams ...

John Adair was one of the first settlers in the region where he settled on 640 acres granted in 1788 for his military service ... Yorktown for the surrender of British forces to General George ...

Thomas Jefferson called slavery a “hideous blot” and “a moral depravity,” but held hundreds of Africans captive at Monticello. He condemned the trade in African bodies in the first draft of the ...