The U.S. Constitution

Electoral Vote – 1792 Election This page details the electoral vote for the 1792 Presidential Election. Other electoral vote counts can be found on the Main Electoral Vote Page . The popular vote and names of major candidates that did not get any electoral votes in each election can be found on...

Electoral Vote – 1796 Election This page details the electoral vote for the 1796 Presidential Election. Other electoral vote counts can be found on the Main Electoral Vote Page . The popular vote and names of major candidates that did not get any electoral votes in each election can be found on...

Electoral Vote – 1800 Election This page details the electoral vote for the 1800 Presidential Election. Other electoral vote counts can be found on the Main Electoral Vote Page . The popular vote and names of major candidates that did not get any electoral votes in each election can be found on...

Electoral Vote – 1804 Election This page details the electoral vote for the 1804 Presidential Election. Other electoral vote counts can be found on the Main Electoral Vote Page . The popular vote and names of major candidates that did not get any electoral votes in each election can be found on...

Electoral Vote – 1808 Election This page details the electoral vote for the 1808 Presidential Election. Other electoral vote counts can be found on the Main Electoral Vote Page . The popular vote and names of major candidates that did not get any electoral votes in each election can be found on...

Electoral Vote – 1812 Election This page details the electoral vote for the 1812 Presidential Election. Other electoral vote counts can be found on the Main Electoral Vote Page . The popular vote and names of major candidates that did not get any electoral votes in each election can be found on...

Electoral Vote – 1816 Election This page details the electoral vote for the 1816 Presidential Election. Other electoral vote counts can be found on the Main Electoral Vote Page . The popular vote and names of major candidates that did not get any electoral votes in each election can be found on...

Electoral Vote – 1820 Election This page details the electoral vote for the 1820 Presidential Election. Other electoral vote counts can be found on the Main Electoral Vote Page . The popular vote and names of major candidates that did not get any electoral votes in each election can be found on...

The I Have a Dream Speech Advertisement In 1950’s America, the equality of man envisioned by the Declaration of Independence was far from a reality. People of color — blacks, Hispanics, Asians — were discriminated against in many ways, both overt and covert. The 1950’s were a turbulent time...

The Election of 2000 Advertisement History in the making – that’s what they called the election of 2000, but not until after the election should have been over. A month after Election Day, the United States was still unsure about who its next President would be. Table of Contents The Candidates...

Results of Presidential Elections The following is a list of all national elections for President. Popular vote counts are shown when available. The Presidential winner is shown in bold ; the Vice Presidential winner is shown in italics . A separate page lists the electoral votes cast in each...

Results of Electoral College Votes The Electoral College is a uniquely American institution, used for over 200 years to select our President. This page shows the Electoral College vote in every presidential election since the first. It is a more detailed listing than can be found on the summary...

The Emancipation Proclamation During the course of the Civil War, Lincoln had wanted to declare all slaves free. He waited, however, until the Union forces had some decisive victories over the Rebels; no doubt his holding off was to prevent giving the South a rallying point until one would have no...

Electoral Vote – 1788 Election This page details the electoral vote for the 1788 Presidential Election. Other electoral vote counts can be found on the Main Electoral Vote Page . The popular vote and names of major candidates that did not get any electoral votes in each election can be found on...

The American’s Creed The American’s Creed was written in 1917 by William Tyler Page, an employee in the House. The Creed was one of 3000 entries in a contest sponsored by the New York Commissioner of Education. In 1919, Page was elected Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. When the...

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Constitution of the Confederate States of America Advertisement The following is the complete text of the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, as adopted on March 11, 1861. The text of the CSA Constitution was verified at the University of Oklahoma and the Library of Congress and was...

The Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence Topic Page may be of some interest to readers. Demographic data about the Signers is also available. An image of the Declaration is available . Introduction Crimes of the King Conclusion Signatories In Congress, July 4, 1776 The...

Signers of The Declaration of Independence Because I found the information difficult to find on the Internet, I compiled the demographics for the Signers of the Declaration of Independence for this page. It mirrors the data found on a similar page which has demographics for the attendees of the...

August 6 Draft of the Constitution Advertisement On Tuesday, July 24, 1787, the Constitutional Convention appointed members to the Committee of Detail . The Committee was tasked with taking all of the points debated by the Convention up to that point and constructing a document that could be used...