As Thomas Jefferson’s secretary of state, James Madison inadvertently began a pattern in which this cabinet office position would lead directly to the presidency. This would continue until 1828, with ...

In March 1801, after the deeply partisan presidential election of 1800, Thomas Jefferson rose in the U.S. Capitol to take the ...

In the early 1800s, Washington, D.C., was in its early stages of development, and the political climate at the time was rough ...

and author of The Mind of Thomas Jefferson "This is the most important book published on James Madison in my lifetime. It makes available to the general public for the first time in its original form ...

On a June evening in 1790, Thomas Jefferson hosted one of the ... The vast majority were in the north, leading Virginians like James Madison to fear loss of influence for the state that many ...

The bitter 1800 presidential election tested the democratic structure of the United States just a few years after the revolution that had created the young nation. The sitting vice president, Thomas ...

The reasons for Monroe’s relegation to the second tier of presidents has partly to do with how he has been compared to his predecessors: his mentor, Thomas Jefferson; a sometime rival and sometime ...

Looking to remake his roster this offseason, Walz and his staff have added a third transfer - James Madison guard Kiki Jefferson. The 6-foot-1 guard was the Sun Belt Player of the Year and has one ...