From the Editor
Once again, presidential politics is in the air—and on the television. And on the radio. And on the web, on billboards, and bumper stickers. In a presidential election year, it seems as if our nation’s full attention is focused on the hopeful candidates for the Oval Office. “I approve this message” is the refrain that echoes in our consciousness from the warm days of summer until the chilly mornings of November.More »
The Historian's Perspective
The Contentious Election of 1876
by Michael F. Holt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt—Four-Term President—and the Election of 1944
by Matthew Dallek
Hanging by a Chad—or Not: The 2000 Presidential Election
by James GormlyFrom the Archive
Essays
The Spectacles of 1912 by Patricia O'Toole
The Presidential Election of 1800: A Story of Crisis, Controversy, and Change by Joanne Freeman
The Great Debate: Kennedy, Nixon, and Television in the 1960 Race for the Presidency by Liette Gidlow
Lesson Plans
Every Four Years: Qualifications for the Office of President and Electing the President
Every Four Years: Introducing Presidential Elections
Examining Antebellum Elections
Rise of the Populists and William Jennings Bryan
Featured Primary Sources
“Heaven alone can foretell”: Washington’s reluctance to become President
Washington on a proposed third term and political parties, 1799
“Jefferson is in every view less dangerous than Burr”: Hamilton on the election of 1800
Speech in favor of the Twelfth Amendment, 1803