Thomas Jefferson embodies within his own life the most profound contradictions of American history: as the author of ...

The Age of Experiments/The Pursuit of Happiness” Friday, February 7 at 9:00 pm In part two: Jefferson was responsible... Read More ...

With the aid of his clandestine patron Thomas Jefferson, Scottish "scandalmonger" James Callender launched a print campaign against President John Adams that would make the election of 1800 one ...

A BIOGRAPHY, other things being equal, is like laughter. He who biographs last usually does it best. I believe the word should be biographize, but that has an awkward sound in a sentence ...

After his reelection, Johnson recited a prayer that he suggested was written by Thomas Jefferson and recited every day in the House during Jefferson’s presidency. Johnson’s prayer, which he ...

Thomas Jefferson was a contradictory character: the Virginia aristocrat known as the "man of the people"; the president who simplified the office yet never denied himself a luxury; the slave owner ...