Short bio on John Calhoun, former U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, Secretary of War and Vice President, who served as Secretary of State for less than one year before returning to his position in the U.S. Senate.

This long biographical article about William R. King highlights both his character and his service to his country. King was a long-time member of the United States Congress, serving as both a Representative and as a Senator before being...

From the official site of the U.S. Senate, this biography of John Nance Garner, at first a candidate running for the Demcratic nomination for president, and becoming the candidate for Vice-President for Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1932...

This article "Camelot Ends, Again: The Passing of Senator Ted Kennedy" by William Bradley focuses on the Kennedy family when the last Kennedy brother died. Camelot is a legend and so is the Kennedy family. His article is punctuated by...

As Franklin Pierce became president, the question of slavery in the territories occupied his handling of his domestic policies. Read about the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the resulting turmoil in Kansas as abolitionists and...

Biography of the political career of Kamala Harris, former U.S. Senator from California and current Vice President of the United States in 2020.

List of John Breckinridge's accomplishments during his political career, including his terms as a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky, and a Vice President of the United States.

Summary of the political career of John Kerry, former Democratic Senator from Massachusetts, former Secretary of State under President Barack Obama, and Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 2004.

Biographical sketch of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democratic Senator from New York, former First Lady and Secretary of State, and unsuccessful Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 2016.

President Eisenhower tried to follow a middle road in proposing and supporting domestic affairs during his presidency. Read about the policies he put forward. Read also about his dealing with Senator Joseph McCarthy, and his spotty...

Article which discusses the controversies of the establishment of the Presidential Succession Act of 1792. Contains links to related historical information.

Excerpts from Senate testimony given by John L. Lewis in 1933, when he was President of the United Mine Workers of America.

Comprehensive overview and analysis of President Clinton's impeachment trial. Includes information about the participants and how they voted, links to transcripts of the hearings, interviews with political analysts and politicians, and a...

Read about the Senate hearings on the nomination by President George W. Bush of Samuel Alito in January, 2006. You can find out why the hearings and the nomination were so contentious.

On November 3, 1936, President Roosevelt was swept back into office by what was, at the time, the largest landslide victory, of the twentieth century. Roosevelt carried all but two states and won 523 electoral votes to Landon's 8. Such...

Senator Joseph McCarthy did not create the national obsession with communist subversion. It had arisen in the late 1930s, years before McCarthy had come to public notice. Angry that they had been barred from the corridors of power for 20...

Detailed story of the political crimes collectively known as Watergate, as told by the Ford Library. Includes coverage of the trials, the Senate hearings, the tapes, and the people involved.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended for early elementary students, ReadWorks provides an information text about the three branches of government. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Weeks following the Rio Olympics and a few months after being suspended, Brazil's president, Dilma Rousseff is found guilty of breaking budgetary laws and officially removed from office permanently. Get the full story. [2:26]

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) presents the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a Constitutional issue. The lesson provided relates to the power granted to the President and the Senate to make treaties with foreign...

Article reports on the political upheaval currently taking place in Brazil.

Outstanding web page that has biographical information on the candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States in the 2004 election.

Read a description of the portrait of John Nance Garner painted during his second term as Franklin Roosevelt's vice-president. Following that is a short biography of his career in politics.

Complete text of the twenty-fifth amendment as its worded in the U.S. Constitution. Annotations can be found at the bottom of the page along with a footnote.