Events from the year 1815 in the United States. As news slowly spread of the Treaty of Ghent (1814) ending the War of 1812, battles between American and...

The history of the United States from 1789 to 1815 was marked by the nascent years of the American Republic under the new U.S. Constitution. George Washington...

elections in Kentucky: one in 1814 and the other in 1815. 1814 United States elections 1814–15 United States House of Representatives elections 13th United States...

The history of the United States from 1815 to 1849 was the period of westward expansion in America. The spread of democracy opened the ballot box to nearly...

The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States)...

The Barbary Wars were a series of two wars fought by the United States, Sweden, and the Kingdom of Sicily against the Barbary states (including Tunis,...

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Since the late 1850s, its main political rival has been...

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive...

designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution. The Army is the oldest branch of the U.S. military and the most senior in order of precedence...

In the United States, public holidays are set by federal, state, and local governments and are often observed by closing government offices or giving government...