Discussion of the ERA often focuses on the way the New Right stopped ratification by the states in the 1970s. But earlier opposition to the proposed amendment involved a bipartisan and ideologically diverse coalition in Congress

Tocqueville's writing shows that divisive elections are nothing new—but that what happens after the election has definitely changed

One thing that John Adams never did was to voice a word of regret about leaving the presidency at his term’s end. None of his successors has ever violated or dishonored the precedent he established

Senator Charles Sumner lost his battle on the Fourth of July 1870, with dire consequences for both Asian immigrant communities and the prospects of a more racially egalitarian America

One intriguing clue comes from a 1947 report commissioned by then-President Harry Truman

No presidential electioneering technique has ever been so successful while so short-lived