On this day in 1788, Fisher Ames addresses delegates at the Massachusetts state ratifying convention. Would his state ratify the U.S. Con...

On this day in 1789, North Carolina ratifies the Bill of Rights. The state’s action came just one short month after it had ratified the C...

On this day in 1787, New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. New Jersey’s quick ratification was interesting,...

On this day in 1791, Virginia ratifies the Bill of Rights, making those ten constitutional amendments the law of the land. The Bill of Ri...

On this day in 1787, Delaware ratifies the Constitution, thus becoming the first state to enter the Union. So, yes, when Delaware calls i...

On this day in 1789, North Carolina becomes the 12th state to join the Union. The state was pretty late to the party. By November 1789, G...

On this day in 1936, a presidential race between incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Republican challenger Alf Lando...

On this day in 1789, George Washington signs the Judiciary Act, which established the structure for the Supreme Court of the United State...

On this day in 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution. Perhaps you’ve heard what Benjamin Franklin did ...

On this day in 1789, a signer of the Declaration of Independence writes a letter to John Adams. The letter sounds harsh to modern ears. A...

On this day in 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention debate an important question: How should a President be elected? You’d be...

On this day in 1755, Tench Coxe is born in Philadelphia. Was he a Patriot or a Loyalist? People weren’t so sure at first. But he rehabili...

On this day in 1788, Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. The state was home to Luther Martin and John Mer...

On this day in 1913, the 17th Amendment is ratified. For the first time in American history, voters would be able to directly elect their...

On this day in 1788, a legislative committee in Rhode Island reports that the United States Constitution had been rejected by the state. ...

On this day in 1788, Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the Constitution. It was a close call, though. The state had nearly ...

On this day in 1752, Gouverneur Morris, author of the Constitution’s Preamble, is born in New York. Morris was well-educated, witty, blun...

During this week in 1913, several states ratify the 16th Amendment. A proclamation would soon be issued by the U.S. Secretary of State, o...

On this day in 1790, New Hampshire ratifies eleven amendments to the United States Constitution. These amendments (plus one other) had be...

On this day in 1801, Alexander Hamilton writes a scathing letter about then-presidential candidate Aaron Burr. “[G]reat Ambition unchecke...