made him the third US president. Hamilton backed Jefferson — whose ideology he opposed in every way — over Aaron Burr (who had received the same number of electoral votes as Jefferson ...

The first inaugurations in U.S. history didn't happen ... D.C. John Adams was also sworn in as president in Philadelphia. It wasn't until Thomas Jefferson's inauguration that the swearing in ...

That's the line spoken by King George in the record-breaking musical Hamilton after Adams becomes the second US president in 1797, beating his eventual successor Thomas Jefferson. His place in ...

The 2nd US President, another founding father of American democracy, John Adams was head of state for a single term from 1797-1801. Jefferson, had been vice president under John Adams and became ...

Thomas Jefferson wrote to John Adams in mid ... or — having and eating his cake — “His Highness, the President of the United States of America and the Protector of Their Liberties.” ...

Ulysses S. Grant, our 18th president, entered the earthly stage as Hiram Ulysses Grant. When his name was mistakenly entered on the West Point register as Ulysses Simpson Grant, he eagerly ...

The relationship between the press and the presidency has always been messy. From Thomas Jefferson’s praise of newspapers as ...

That's the line spoken by King George in the record-breaking musical Hamilton after Adams becomes the second US president in 1797, beating his eventual successor Thomas Jefferson. His place in ...