The Associated Press will have thousands of people on hand this week to count votes and declare winners and losers in the U.S ...

At the beginning of 1848, Joseph Howe's reform party won the elections in Nova Scotia and took power, forming the first colonial government within the British Empire to be popularly elected.

The Frankfurt National Assembly met for the first time on May 18, 1848. The delegates were meant to work on a constitution and prepare for elections. They appointed Heinrich von Gagern (1799 ...