William Henry Harrison

For American politicians, the obsession with appealing to the everyman dates back to the raucous campaign of 1840.

In 1840, William Henry Harrison was mocked for his presidential run at age 67 — 15 years younger than President Biden would be at the start of a second term.

Tracing the currents of American history that run through the Great Lakes region.

Pursuing a Native alliance powerful enough to resist the American invaders, the Shawnee leader and his prophet brother envisioned a new and better Indian world.

A political education begins with knockoff opinions amid the 1840 U.S. presidential election.

Because Martin Van Buren was an unsuccessful president, his more significant contributions to the nation’s political life have also been obscured.

The political upheaval of 1824 changed America. The same could happen in 2024.

How the spectacle of the 1806 solar eclipse impacted the national consciousness.

Black people own just 2 percent of farmland in the United States. A decades-long history of loan denials at the USDA is a major reason why.

A cat named Miss Pussy! A racist parrot! Benjamin Harrison’s possums, which he later ate!

After the Whig president’s shocking death, his vice president and successor proved to be a Whig by expedience only

Jefferson envisioned land-use policies that he hoped would mitigate epidemics – and other urban evils.

The sick history of the U.S. campaign song.

We have the Swedes and William Henry Harrison to thank for the popularization of the log cabin.

The alcohol epidemic devastated Native American communities, leading to crippling poverty, high mortality rates — and a successful sobriety movement.

Who were Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln, and the rest of the first 16 US presidents, what did they do, and what do they hope history has forgotten?