Election results over the past few decades have frequently ... It probably didn’t seem particularly noteworthy in 1856 when ...

A marine salvage firm has found the wreck of a long lost French steamship about 200 miles off New Bedford, Massachusetts ...

After the war, the state of Tennessee would have to rewrite its constitution to allow for the franchising of its formerly ...

James Buchanan. Prior to becoming the 15th president, Buchanan practiced law in Pennsylvania and was elected to the ...

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

All but 16 of 132 people on board perished when Le Lyonnais sank in 1856 off Massachusetts. Now a New Jersey dive team has ...

Le Lyonnais was making its first trip from America to Europe in 1856 when it collided with another ship and sank.

Everyone knows the two major players in American politics: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. At all elections ...

Democracy in America: what is it? Whatever it is, we know that it is under siege. Barely a moment goes by these days without ...

A French passenger ship was traveling from the U.S. to France when it collided with the Adriatic, a U.S. sailing ship, ...

Kenyon students made history by waiting in line for up to 11 hours to cast their ballots on Election Day. The New York Times, NPR and Associated Press covered the story, capturing the enthusiasm and ...

A research team in New Jersey has discovered the remains of a steamship that went missing in 1856 off the coast of ...