Alexander Hamilton’s archrival would support the 47th president’s initiatives, too.

A six-part History Channel documentary offers a clear-eyed view of Jefferson’s flaws, contradictions and triumphs.

Jefferson mostly wanted to vent. The two-month-old document left him reeling, especially in its provisions for a new chief executive. The American president, grumbled Jefferson, “seems a bad ...

Thomas Jefferson embodies within his own life the most profound contradictions of American history: as the author of the Declaration of Independence, he gave voice to our fervent desire ...

When the election of 1800 produced no clear winner, the House of Representatives decided the outcome. It voted for Thomas Jefferson as president and Aaron Burr as vice president. Jefferson called his ...

Jefferson Health is expanding and modernizing services at its two Level 1 trauma centers in Philadelphia, among the busiest emergency departments in the area, with a combined 149,000 visits annually.

Impoundment is when a president refuses to spend money allocated by Congress and returns the funds to the Treasury.

The first inauguration in Washington, D.C. John Adams was also sworn in as president in Philadelphia. It wasn't until Thomas Jefferson's inauguration that the swearing in ceremony was moved to ...