Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson of North Carolina, the Republican nominee for governor, vowed to stay in the race and pre-emptively ...

It is hard to imagine the United States without the Constitution. This short document, drafted in 1787 in a hot and stuffy ...

The origins of voting outside the polling place in the U.S. date back to 1813.

A rare first edition book of poetry by Robert Burns has sold for more than £60,000 at auction. Auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull ...

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President George Washington issued his Farewell Address on this day in history, Sept. 19, 1796. He spoke proudly of the new ...

British soldiers won the first Battle of Saratoga in the Revolutionary War, but the Americans would go on to win the second ...

When the US Constitution was written in 1787, the Electoral College was created to pick the US president using a majority ...

Surprising facts about the Electoral College's origins and evolution—and just who is an elector—to ponder alongside giving a watch to One Person, One Vote? on PBS.

With less than seven weeks until the election, all five Republicans who represent the state in Congress are pushing for ...

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is criticizing Donald Trump’s promise to deport millions of people who are in ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! An introduction to the 1860 election is featured. Author and history professor Rachel Shelden talked about the issue of slavery at the time, the ...