Learn about how the relationship between American presidents and their parties has shifted over time.…
Learn about how the Founders sought to formalize their ideas of limited government, a new…
Source: Congressional Record, 92nd Congress, First Session, Volume 117, Part 25 (Washington D.C.: United States…
Source: Papers of John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum (Pre-Presidential Papers,…
Source: Theodore Roosevelt, An Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt, ed., Stephen Brennan (New York: Skyhorse Publishing,…
Source: Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, Final Version, March 1861, Abraham Lincoln Papers (Series 1: General Correspondence, 1833 to 1916), Library…
Woodrow Wilson was probably right when he said that it is easier to speak of…
Source: Gordon Lloyd, ed., Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 by James Madison, a…
Source: Gordon Lloyd, ed., Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 by James Madison, a…
Source: George W. Carey and James McClellan, eds., The Federalist: The Gideon Edition, (Indianapolis: Liberty…
Source: McCarthy spoke from a prepared text, but he apparently deviated from it at points…
Source: Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Fireside Chat,” June 24, 1938. Online by Gerhard Peters and John…
Source: Herbert Hoover, Addresses Upon the American Road, 1933-1938 (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1938),…
Source: Vital Speeches of the Day, Vol. II, No. 20 (July 1, 1936), pp. 613.…
Source: “The Facts in the Case,” Speech of Alfred E. Smith at the American Liberty…
Source: “Herbert Hoover analyzes 5 periods in the development of the history of the Depression,”…
Source: Herbert Hoover, “The President’s News Conference,” July 29, 1932. Online by Gerhard Peters and…
Source: Rutherford B. Hayes: Inaugural Address, March 5, 1877. Online by Gerhard Peters and John…
Source: Republican Party Platform of 1868, May 20, 1868. Online by Gerhard Peters and John…
Source: Alexander H. Stephens, In Public and Private, With Letters and Speeches, Before, During, and…
Source: Andrew Johnson, “Proclamation 136 – Reorganizing a Constitutional Government in Mississippi,” June 13, 1865.…
Source: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, edited by Roy Basler, Volume 6 (The Abraham Lincoln…
Originally Broadcast on CBS Reports: Filibuster—Birth Struggle of a Law, March 18, 1964. Available at…
McCarthy spoke from a prepared text, but he apparently deviated from it at points and…
Congressional Record, 74th Cong., 1st sess., Vol. 79 (May 23, 1935), pp. 8040-43. The Share…
National Archives Catalog, Simeon D. Fess Papers, 1933. https://goo.gl/gMy7Zj. . . . Today we are…
Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Address Accepting the Presidential Nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago,”…
Herbert Hoover, “Principles and Ideals of United States Government,” October 22, 1928, Public Papers of…
This collection of documents presents American history from 1865 to 2009 as a series of…
Jackson and the nullifiers . . . Printed and sold, wholesale and retail, at 257…
In The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002); available online…
The late 1920s were a time of great optimism in the United States, and few…
Source: “Address at Madison Square Garden in New York City,” October 31, 1932. Online by…
My dear Steffens: In view of Mr. Cosgrave’s statement that I had read the proof…
Salaam Alaikum. I suppose I should take time to explain what I mean when I…
Mr. Moderator, Brother Lomax, brothers and sisters, friends and enemies: I just can’t believe everyone…
The Progressive movement which culminated last August in the creation of the Progressive party is…
Sundry citizens of the State of Arkansas petition me that an election may be held…
Hon: George Ashmun: President of the Republican National Convention. Sir: I accept the nomination tendered…
Hon: Owen Lovejoy: My Dear Sir: Yours of the 7th. Was received the day before…
Return to Part I This is the entire quotation brought forward to prove that somebody…
MR. DOUGLAS’ SPEECH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: It is now nearly four months since the canvass…
A VOICE—”That’s the doctrine. ” Return to Part I MR. DOUGLAS—Yes, sir, that is good…
MR. LINCOLN’S SPEECH. At precisely half past two o’clock Mr. Lincoln was introduced to the…
Return to Part I I will show you another charge made by Mr. Lincoln against…
MR. LINCOLN’S SPEECH. Mr. Lincoln took the stand at a quarter before three, and was…
INTERROGATORIES. Return to Part I 1st. Will you, if elected, vote for and cordially support…
MR. DOUGLAS’ SPEECH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: I appear before you today in pursuance of a…
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