James Madison University is named eponymously to honor the fourth president of the United States, James Madison. Madison was ...

A town hall in a plus-thirty GOP district erupted in a standing ovation over a blistering rant calling President Trump a ...

Reflecting this history, James Madison, the fourth president and a leading figure in the Constitutional Convention, wrote in the Federalist Papers that the power of the purse was “the most complete ...

The Constitution depends upon the concept of “office” when considering delegated power. The first laws in America creating ...

FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The Fairmont State University Board of Governors has announced plans to hire a consultant to conduct a ...

Washington, Lincoln and even Millard Fillmore and are among the presidents honored with Denver streets — and there's also one ...

Barbara Coleman came to see Carpenters’ Hall, the site of the original Continental Congress convening in 1774 and where the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was created. Having tea amid that history was ...

This coming Monday we celebrate Presidents’ Day, which honors the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, both born in February. On Presidents’ Day we reflect on the lives ...

Two contemporaries born in the 18th century provide reasons for guarded optimism about 21st-century U.S. politics. Democrats are suddenly, if only situationally, admiring James Madison (1751-1836).

Greatness often comes quietly and obscurely. Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president, was born on Sunday morning Feb. 12, ...

James Monroe was the last of the so-called Virginia Dynasty of presidents. Like James Madison, Monroe was secretary of state before becoming president. A spirit of vigorous nationalism known as the ...