Approximately 227 years ago, in 1797, George Washington became the first U.S. president to voluntarily cede the presidency to ...

Other items up for auction include the American flag that covered Abraham Lincoln’s coffin following his assassination.

The first American Constitution went into effect in 1789, and there have been 46 presidents of the nation since then.

3. George Washington ($708.5 million). Like many early presidents, George Washington was a wealthy land owner. "Our first ...

An elected US president can only serve two four-year terms in office. This is spelled out in the 22nd Amendment to the ...

Trump has built his political career in part by doing something unusual for U.S. presidents: Attacking other presidents.

When George Washington was a boy ... the home of America’s first president, overlooking the Potomac River, 16 miles south of the White House. Before overseeing the writing of the Constitution ...

As the world turns its attention to the U.S. election on Nov. 5, presidential history aficionados may be particularly ...

One of the most intriguing items is the strands of hair of Washington, the very first US president, who died in 1799. The graying hair has been preserved in a locket that was given to a family ...

Previous presidents, such as Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama, can certainly lay claim to being considered to be consequential ...

Camille Davis is writing a book called Visual Prestige: The Role of Portraits in Shaping the Nascent Identity of American ...