After Joe Biden’s historic decision Sunday to withdraw from the 2024 presidential election, many people were asking about previous times in which a sitting president opted against reelection at ...

Harry Truman, no political tyro ... ever since the great Court-packing skirmish of 1937. In such a war, a President who stakes everything on public support and fails to win it—in unmistakable ...

Harry Truman’s hair had turned almost white in the past year, and the lines in his face had deepened. His wrinkle-cheeked grin was still to be seen, but at times it seemed forced and perfunctory.

Being the first president to visit a baseball game, President Truman receives massive approval and even gets to throw out the first pitch for a Washington game.

After succeeding Franklin Roosevelt in 1945, Harry S. Truman won the presidency in his own right in 1948, defeating Republican Thomas Dewey and achieving one of the most stunning political comebacks ...

How do we count presidents? Here’s why Donald Trump is the 47th president, despite already serving as the 45th.