A six-part History Channel documentary offers a clear-eyed view of Jefferson’s flaws, contradictions and triumphs.

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 ...

The crux of Jefferson’s letter is his explanation that the First Amendment “thus builds a wall of separation between church ...

Paul frames his story as a long-running battle between Marshall and Thomas Jefferson ... the new secretary of state, James Madison, declared the commissions incomplete, and refused to deliver ...

James Madison suggested the idea of developing a congressional library at the new capital Washington City. Before that, the ...

McClure, general editor of the Papers of Thomas Jefferson project at Princeton ... Weather gossip filled his incoming mail with friends, like James Madison and Ezra Stiles, who sent diligent ...

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 Federalist Papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison ... Anti-Federalists such as Thomas Jefferson feared that a concentration of central ...

On Jan. 30, 1815, President James Madison approved an act of Congress appropriating $23,950 to purchase Thomas Jefferson’s library of 6,487 volumes. After capturing Washington, D.C. in 1814 ...

(Popular vote should decide who wins the White House). He is obviously smarter than James Madison, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. Subscribe to stay connected to Tucson. A subscription helps you ...