America went to war against Great Britain to assert its rights as an independent, sovereign nation, and to attempt the ...

Gerrymandering’ was coined in 1812, and the practice has grown to such an extent that political representation is severely ...

Take gerrymandering, for example, named after the governor of Massachusetts in 1812, Elbridge Gerry. Unlike in Australia, where an independent body draws electoral district boundaries, in many US ...

The most enduring images in American political life are those drawn from the natural world—rivers and springs reflect the ever-changing course of politics, monsters suggest the carefully apportioned ...

Occultism and nation-building have been strangely intertwined, particularly in the gestation of America, writes Ed Simon ...

A new exhibition that documents the impact of the Industrial Revolution features several 1800s artists, writers and thinkers ...

The word was invented in 1812 when the governor of Massachusetts, Elbridge Gerry, redrew the electoral map for the state Senate to benefit his party. The result was an oddly shaped district that ...

Governor Caleb Strong of Massachusetts requested an opinion of ... of Justices, 8 Mass. 548 (1812). The issue was finally resolved by the Supreme Court in 1827 in Martin v. Mott.

"Huzzah, her sides are made of iron!" — American sailor in War of 1812 The ship was ordered on March 1, 1794, in anticipation of the passage of the Naval Act of 1794, which President George ...

The term came from a salamander-like district signed into law by Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry in 1812. There are lots of ...

Cabinet maker William Monroe of Concord, Massachusetts made the first American wood pencils in 1812. And why are most pencils ...

While best known for its notorious witch trials in the late 1600s, Salem, Massachusetts ... Set sail on a replica of an 1812 privateer schooner on this cruise. Not only do tourgoers see Salem ...