Rutherford B. Hayes

America’s centennial in 1876 was celebrated with a grand exhibition that projected an image of unity and inventiveness in the wake of civil war and recession.

In 1877, one million workers went on strike and fought police and federal troops in cities across America.

Trump tried to exploit flaws that were embedded in the law from the start.

John Marshall Harlan's relationship with an enslaved man who grew up in his home showed how respect could transcend barriers and point a path to freedom.

The messy election of 1876.

A case study in re-reading nineteenth-century delegation photography.

A contested presidential election in 1876 produced a devastating compromise.

Eric Foner sees parallels with our own time but warns that yesterday’s solution would be a disaster.

DC statehood would be a modest ploy compared with the mass admission of underpopulated western territories.

After Democrats lost in 1876, they set about investigating the new Republican president — only for everything to backfire.

Presidents who win the electoral college but lose the popular vote never really recover.

St. Louis elites responded to a nationwide labor movement with a movement of their own.

What 1826, 1876, 1926, and 1976 tell us about 2026.

Joe Biden is hardly the first president who has decided not to seek a second term—but the circumstances this time are unique.

Historian Manisha Sinha argues that the Second Republic lasted decades longer than most histories state and achieved wider gains.

A new history argues that illiberalism is not a backlash but a central feature from the founding to today.

Union soldiers improvised a Passover celebration near what's now Fayetteville, W.Va. They're being honored with a sign at the approximate site.

A new book argues that the American right emerged out of a backlash to multiracial democracy following the Civil War.

The artist’s experiences in the Civil War and after helped him transcend stereotypes in portraying Black experience.

A cautionary tale about the costs and benefits of public/private partnerships.