Topic: James Polk
The Rancho Mirage, Calif., estate that the late President Gerald Ford and first lady Betty Ford called home for nearly three decades is up for sale...
He had a mistress who was pregnant and his wife had terminal cancer; he was running for president and the press knew all about it.. . But there was...
Smithsonian Institution revisits the lives of six slave families who worked on third US president's plantation. Thomas Jefferson wrote "all men are...
Thomas Jefferson wrote "all men are created equal" to declare U.S. independence from Britain, yet he was also a lifelong slave owner who freed only ...
Oh thank goodness, IT WAS ABOUT TIME: Pennsylvania lawmakers unanimously approved a resolution declaring 2012 the "Year of the Bible" in their...
tation in the presidential limousine, Marine One and Air Force One. And don't forget the free housing in Washington's most famous mansion, complete ...
It may sound improbable, but two grandsons of John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, are still alive.. . Born in 1790, President ...
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A few days ago, the website Mental Floss posted an amazing, seemingly impossible piece of American trivia, which then quickly spread around the...
(Scott Johnson) . A long-time reader writes to look back at last week's GOP debate in Charleston:. . To date, the most decisive moment of the...
