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		December 26, 2024

Documents on the organization and powers of the executive branch, presidential policies, current and past presidents. Search text for presidency Browse Documents on the Court's organization and powers, landmark cases, constitutional law, current and past justices. Search text for Supreme Court Browse Documents on Congress's organization and powers, the legislative process, policy, current and past members. Search text for Congress Browse Documents on the U.S. electoral process, political parties and campaigns, voting rights and trends. Search text for elections Browse   Documents on the U.S. Constitution and the rights and issues it has shaped for over two centuries. Search text for Constitution Browse   The White House started out as the "President's Palace," the name preferred by capital planner Pierre Charles L'Enfant, or the "President's House," as George Washington called it. Officially, it became the "Executive Mansion." People began calling it the "white house" after a Baltimore reporter referred to it that way in print in 1810. By 1817 the name was in common use. Theodore Roosevelt made it official in 1901, and now the president's letterhead reads: The White House, Washington.  more...

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