American Presidents
Trove of Presidential Memorabilia, From Washington's Hair to JFK's Sweater, Is Up for Sale
RR Auction is offering a collection of nearly 300 artifacts, including a signed photo of Abraham Lincoln and a pen used by FDR
Black Lives Certainly Mattered to Abraham Lincoln
A look at the president's words and actions during his term shows his true sentiments on slavery and racial equality
A Scholar Takes a Deep Dive Into a Painted Homage to Abraham Lincoln
U.S. artist George Peter Alexander Healy’s presidential portraiture, conceived years after the sitter passed away
Smithsonian Curator Reflects on Joe Biden's 'Poignant' Inaugural Painting
Eleanor Harvey posits that the 1859 landscape's message of hope resonated with First Lady Jill Biden, who helped select the artwork
Meet Amanda Gorman, the U.S.' Youngest Inaugural Poet
The 22-year-old revised her original composition, "The Hill We Climb," in the aftermath of the January 6 storming of the Capitol
How Seven Women Artists Are Celebrating Kamala Harris' Historic Inauguration
The group's upcoming short film, titled "When We Gather," honors the achievements of women who preceded the vice president
Who Was Charles Curtis, the First Vice President of Color?
A member of the Kaw Nation, Curtis served under Herbert Hoover, but he left a troubling legacy on Native American issues
The History of Violent Attacks on the U.S. Capitol
While the building has seen politically motivated mayhem in the past, never before has a mob of insurrectionists tried to overturn a presidential election
The Last Surviving Widow of a Civil War Veteran Dies at 101
Helen Viola Jackson married James Bolin in 1936, when she was 17 and he was 93
Secretary Lonnie Bunch on the Year Ahead for Museums
After a year fraught with challenges, we must build on our strengths for a common purpose
Five Things to Know About the 1876 Presidential Election
Lawmakers are citing the 19th-century crisis as precedent to dispute the 2020 election. Here's a closer look at its events and legacy
Library of Congress' Presidential Papers, From Washington's Geometry Notes to Wilson's Love Letters, Are Now Online
Four newly added collections mark the conclusion of a two-decade digitization project
How John Adams Managed a Peaceful Transition of Presidential Power
In the election of 1800, for the first time in U.S. history, one party turned the executive office to another
Library of Congress Seeks Volunteers to Transcribe Letters to Theodore Roosevelt
The campaign is part of a broader crowdsourcing effort aimed at making archival materials more accessible to the public
The Ten Best History Books of 2020
Our favorite titles of the year resurrect forgotten histories and help explain how the country got to where it is today
A Brief History of Presidential Memoirs
Barack Obama's new autobiography joins a long—but sometimes dull—tradition
Why Defeated Presidential Candidates Deliver Concession Speeches
The tradition dates back to 1896, when William Jennings Bryan conceded the election to William McKinley via telegram
Why Do Maine and Nebraska Split Their Electoral Votes?
Instead of a winner-take-all system, the states use the "congressional district method"
Four Times the Results of a Presidential Election Were Contested
"Rigged" may not be the way to describe them, but there were definitely some shenanigans happening
When Republicans Were Blue and Democrats Were Red
The era of color-coded political parties is more recent than you might think
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