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Thrust into the nation’s highest office following Richard Nixon’s resignation, Gerald R. Ford faced the impossible task of achieving much in little...

Lyndon Johnson had the misfortune of following the handsome, martyred John F. Kennedy into the White House and then miring his country in Vietnam....

When The Washington Post asked 162 political science scholars earlier this year which American president should be added to Mount Rushmore...

Short, balding, and soft-spoken, James Madison was overshadowed by many of America’s other, more dynamic Founding Fathers. His list of accomplishme...

As chief of staff to former President George H.W. Bush for 25 years, Jean Becker oversaw everything from the opening of his presid...