Richard Brookhiser spoke about the partnership between Presidents Jefferson and James Madison, and about how each influenced the other. His topics included the ways in which Jefferson was much ...

Three Civil War veterans and descendants of former President Thomas Jefferson were honored Saturday afternoon.

Establishing freedom of religion was a hard-fought success of the American Founding. Today we are still fighting.

Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg present a dual biography of James Madison and Thomas Jefferson. The authors focus on the third and fourth American presidents' relationship and their affect on ...

When we think of Thomas Jefferson, our third president, many would cite his penning of the Declaration of Independence’s iconic phrases promising a country in which “all men are created equal ...

When Jefferson’s French cook, Honore Julien, left the president’s service in 1810, he opened a confectionary business, offering ice cream to customers on Sundays and Wednesdays.

That hasn't happened since the "Virginia dynasty" of Thomas Jefferson (1801-09), James Madison (1809-17) and James Monroe (1817-25). Two presidential terms is relatively rare in any event.

Thomas Jefferson is elected president, Feb. 17, 1801. By Andrew Glass 02/17/2012 04:30 AM EST On this day in 1801, the House broke an Electoral College stalemate to elect Thomas Jefferson of ...