U.S. Political History

Gerald Ford became the 38th President of the United States on August 9, 1974, following the resignation of Richard Nixon. His presidency, which concluded on January 20, 1977, wa...

In the decade before the Civil War, few developments mattered more in American politics than the rapid growth of the Republican Party. Within a few years of its founding in the...

Jill Wine-Banks is an American attorney best known for her role as a prosecutor and strategist on the House Judiciary Committee’s impeachment inquiry during the Watergate inve...

Theodore Roosevelt is best understood as a Republican who reshaped his party before briefly leading a third-party movement. He entered national politics as a reform Republican,...