Jackson (1829–1837) was the architect of the Indian Removal Act (1830), which forced Native Americans off their lands in the Trail of Tears. Jackson owned enslaved people and defended slavery as ...

WASHINGTON — It's a truism that American presidents change in office. The youthful Barack Obama grew gray. Put another way, the office changes presidents. Stepping off the train from Illinois, Abraham ...

There have been 46 presidents in the 250 years that the United States has existed. People usually know the names of a few, ...