American presidents are amongst some of the most widely recognized figures in history, often remembered for their biggest ...

I’ve been in academia long enough to remember the dark days of presidential rankings by groups like Political Science Quarterly and the New York Times. These “surveys,” particularly the one done by ...

“From the first the murdered President had never had a chance of surviving,” wrote The Economist on September 21st 1901. William McKinley had died eight days after an assassin shot him. The spotlight ...

Every American knows about George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, but what about John Hanson, Elias Boudinot and Thomas Mifflin? Some historians point to the latter three as the country’s ...

Some US presidents, like Jimmy Carter, were raised on farms with no electricity or running water. Others, such as Donald ...