Roosevelt broke the tradition set by George Washington by running for a third term. The advent of Nazi Germany sealed his determination to seek the presidency again, despite the disapproval by many of ...

Donald Trump will become the 47th President on Monday. However, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt ...

He won two major history prizes and served as a consultant for filmmaker Ken Burns. His books charted the evolution of the American presidency.

Abraham Lincoln’s first inauguration on March 4, 1861. Bettmann/Getty Images Claire Jerry, Smithsonian Institution The only constitutionally mandated ...

Though modern job approval metrics were a bit lacking during the late 1790s, historians have for decades considered George Washington ... behind only Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson ...

1789 — A presidential inauguration has taken place every four years since George Washington took the oath of office in New York City in 1789. He established the tradition for a two term limit and ...