Throughout the relatively short history of the US, it’s become a tradition that presidents have their coffins draped in the ...

Ever since she ascended as the presidential nominee of her party, Vice President Kamala Harris has been riding a wave of ...

The Campaign of 1852 left the Whig party overthrown and prostrate. In such a condition of utter political bankruptcy were we, that many gravely insisted we should never "resume," while others ...

Much of this early success was due to the demise of the Whig Party, weakened by internal dissent ... the Executive Editor of National Geographic History magazine . This story appears in the ...

John Brough founded The Cincinnati Enquirer in 1841. But his victory in the strange Ohio governor’s race during the Civil War ...

Boston experienced election fever 184 years ago when the Whig Convention came to town. The Bishop of Boston Benedict Joseph Fenwick was in attendance and wrote about the hubbub brought by thousands of ...

The presidential office was first envisioned to be more like a clerk's job, and in its earliest incarnation, it was almost ...

Can celebrity endorsements make a difference in a political race? If nothing else, a significant endorsement can draw ...

Elias Nelson Conway was the fifth governor of Arkansas. He presided over a prosperous two terms in office and was part of the dominance of the Conway family in the state in the decades after joining ...

A summary of what you get each day with a Herald-Whig subscription: Mondays: Expanded Whig.com Digital Articles, WhigNow App access to Latest Articles (These Monday Stories also get updated ...

Trump has frequently voiced his support for Robinson, who has been considered a rising star in his party despite a history of ...