Thomas Jefferson was a contradictory character: the Virginia aristocrat known as the "man of the people"; the president who simplified the office yet never denied himself a luxury; the slave owner ...

Kennedy declared the event the greatest collection of talent ever brought together at the White House, “with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.” But as more recent ...

With the aid of his clandestine patron Thomas Jefferson, Scottish "scandalmonger" James Callender launched a print campaign against President John Adams that would make the election of 1800 one ...