Author Linda Ambrus Broenniman shares her thoughts on writing a family history for a family she never knew she had.

Today, all American citizens are eligible to vote irrespective of race and gender, but that hasn’t always been the case.

Contested elections were fairly sporadic in the early days of Canada's Confederation. Since 1867, 622 candidates won by acclamation - including Joseph-Aldéric Ouimet (1848-1916) who has the enviable ...

Looking now to “Old Rough and Ready” - Zachary TaylorPrior to becoming the twelfth president Taylor joined the military at ...

Castleton, Edward 2018. Untimely Meditations on the Revolution of 1848 in France. Opera Historica, Vol. 19, Issue. 2, p. 244. Grieco, Giuseppe 2019. A legal theory for the nation state. Pasquale ...

Elections are the foundation of representative democracy. Your right to have a say at the ballot box was paid for with blood ...

In an 1848 speech, then first-term Rep ... associated mainly with presidential landslide elections that swept into office congressional candidates of the president’s party who likely would ...

Throughout US history, a select group of presidents have opted not to seek re-election, either by choice or due to unforeseen ...

AP is the authoritative source for information about elections in the United States. With a history of accuracy dating to our first vote count in 1848, AP is the go-to source for trustworthy and ...

The tradition of voting on Tuesday, a remnant of America's agrarian past, underscores the need for modern reforms to enhance ...

Perhaps that is why, in private conversations, almost no one we talk to—not other analysts, diplomats, or ...

They include AP’s vote count, which it has conducted in every U.S. presidential election since 1848. In general elections and presidential primaries, the Decision Team also has access to data from AP ...