elected between John Adams and Abraham Lincoln, all but three hailed from Thomas Jefferson’s Democratic party. Of the three, two would die within months of their inauguration-William Henry Harrison, ...

In the spring of 1962, John F. Kennedy held a dinner at the White House for Nobel Prize laureates from nations of the Western Hemisphere. Opening his remarks, he rather famously said, “I think this is ...

This June 9, 2008 image provided by the Monticello Foundation shows the home of Thomas Jefferson in Charlottesville, Va. Several new projects launching this winter will shed light on the slaves who ...

Almost 20 years have passed since the publication of Jeffersonian Legacies, a collection of essays published on the occasion of the Founding Father’s 250 th birthday that ushered in a new era of ...