Farmington, N.H., native Henry Wilson was elected to public office for the first time in 1840 when he won his bid to ...
William Sanders Scarborough was an African-American ex-slave who authored a Greek textbook. His First Lessons in Greek ...
The founder of the Mormon Church rocked 19th-century America with his spiritual visions, his belief in polygamy—and even a presidential run. Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder and leader of the Church of ...