Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Presidents in 1800s expand wartime and veto powers: expansions of executive power in the 1800s under Presidents Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk and Abraham Lincoln. Andrew Jackson (1829–1837) Introduced ...

Historic Nashville site offers behind-the-scenes look at the ‘People’s President’ and the complex history of his plantation ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. On July 8, 1838, the seventh president of the United States, General Andrew Jackson, informed his minister, the Reverend Dr.