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Democratic Debacle
, , , Issue 3The Republican party ensured a landslide defeat when it nominated Barry Goldwater in 1964, but the Democrats did far more lasting damage to themselves at their convention that year. In fact, they still haven’t recovered. More >>>
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Convention Surprises
Presidential conventions at which no candidate won on the first ballot have produced some of our best Presidents including Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Three U.S President didn’t win a single vote on the first try at their convention. More >>>
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The Lives Of The Parties
, , , Issue 5The two-party system, undreamt of by the founders of the Republic, has been one of its basic shaping forces ever since their time More >>>
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Douglas, Deadlock, & Disunion
, , , Issue 4In 1860, Southern delegates bolted the Democratic convention at Charleston. An eyewitness describes the first giant step toward secession More >>>
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How Miss Perkins Learned To Lobby
, , , Issue 3Frances Perkins, Roosevelt’s Secretary of Labor for twelve years during the New Deal, was the first woman Cabinet officer in this country’s history. She was well qualified for the job. After gradu More >>>
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Czar Of The House
, , , Issue 1When Speaker Reed set out to break “the tyranny of the minority,” he touched off an explosive battle. At stake was the effectiveness of the chamber itself More >>>
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The Long, Long Trail
, , , Issue 5The members of Huey’s Louisiana clan who tried to follow his footsteps to the land of their dreams never quite matched his bumptious stride or dictatorial power—but they grew into a thriving political dynasty More >>>
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“Our Big Time”
, , , Issue 7THE FILMMAKER, who has just finished a documentary on Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, believes what the two women achieved was nothing less than the largest social transformation in American history More >>>
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“The Burden of the Ballot”
, , , Issue 1The Woman’s Anti-Suffrage Movement More >>>
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The Imperial Congress
, , , Issue 3An impetuous and sometimes corrupt Congress has often hamstrung the efforts of the president since the earliest days of the Republic More >>>