On a windy afternoon in February 1959, 14-year-old Craig Wade scooped up what seemed to be a crumpled rag that was blowing, tumbleweed style, across a railroad track in his hometown, Pittsfield ...

Since medieval times, few people had the right to vote (“suffrage”). Parliament was rotten, representation was unequal, and elections were corrupt. The 1800s saw three Reform Acts (1832, 1867, 1884) ...

What Really Happened With the Political Mayhem of the Election of 1800? Two titans of the era went head-to-head in a heated race for the presidency. The stakes were high.