By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune Two hundred years ago this month, President John Quincy Adams took the oath of ...

Weakening the professional civil service could turn back the clock to an era when government was rife with corruption.

Historians rated the US presidents on leadership qualities. The survey did not include Joe Biden since he was still in office ...

Cumberland University history professor Mark Cheathem provided a brief overview of the early months of President Andrew Jackson's first term in 1829.

A measure to replace President Andrew Jackson with abolitionist ... change in currency was "pure political correctness." He also said he would rather leave Jackson on the $20 bill and that it ...

The Pendleton Act of 1883 removed political influence from many federal jobs. Its influence shaped the civil service ...

said one donor, who like several other donors, spoke with ABC News on the condition of anonymity because they are still actively involved in Democratic party fundraising. He added, "I think the ...

Turner was elected to Congress last year after his predecessor and political ally, former U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee ... date,” Abbott Press Secretary Andrew Mahaleris said in a statement ...

First on the list is usually President Andrew Jackson ... But, like Jackson, he too backtracked. In 1863 the Congress his party controlled voted to authorize him to suspend habeas corpus as ...

22. Andrew Jackson (seventh president) had strong public persuasion during his tenure, according to historians. Jackson's supporters helped found the Democratic party after he lost the 1824 ...

A measure to replace President Andrew Jackson with abolitionist Harriet ... said in 2016 that the change in currency was "pure political correctness." He also said he would rather leave Jackson on the ...