As summer approaches, don’t forget your history. Here’s a presidential lesson or two. John Quincy Adams — despite his great ...

When Donald Trump made his inaugural speech at the US Capitol, he began by proclaiming to the audience of former presidents and tech giants: “The golden age of America begins right now.” ...

When Martin Van Buren arrived in Washington to be sworn ... but a revolutionary means of achieving and using power. With Andrew Jackson, he co-founded the Democratic Party in 1828, cannily banking ...

A tree planted on the White House property that dates back to President Andrew Jackson nearly 200 years ago is coming ... Presidents James Buchanan, Martin Van Buren and Grover Cleveland Alexander ...

This history includes the brutal 1838 expulsion of 16,000 Cherokees from Georgia ordered by President Martin Van Buren based on plans promoted by his predecessor, Andrew Jackson, that became known as ...

There are presidents you know and presidents you don’t know. The Hudson Valley has produced one of each. The one you know, arguably the most important president of the 20th century, needs only ...

Jackson’s new secretary of state was Martin Van Buren, who was from New York state ... I think Donald Trump thinks he’s just like Andrew Jackson, and I can point out some rather startling ...

There was Andrew Jackson Jr., a nephew and his adopted ... the two higher-profile characters of his administration, Martin Van Buren and John C. Calhoun. It wasn’t just an ideological difference ...

There was Andrew Jackson Jr., a nephew and his adopted ... the two higher-profile characters of his administration, Martin Van Buren and John C. Calhoun. It wasn't just an ideological difference ...

There was Andrew Jackson Jr., a nephew and his adopted ... the two higher-profile characters of his administration, Martin Van Buren and John C. Calhoun. It wasn’t just an ideological difference ...

Polk’s Andrew Jackson was a very different man from ... Jackson’s vice president was more like Trump’s first one than Vance. Martin Van Buren was, like Mike Pence, an experienced politician ...