Martin Van Buren entered the White House on the coattails of his illustrious predecessor, Andrew Jackson, making him the second vice president to succeed his immediate forerunner. Challenges: Three ...

If he couldn't claim vertical space, he's claiming some horizontal space." Widmer wrote a biography of Martin Van Buren: "I was attracted to the idea of trying to make an obscure president a ...

Born: December 5, 1782, in Kinderhook, New York... Martin Van Buren allied himself with President Andrew Jackson, who in turn rewarded Van Buren with cabinet positions and the vice presidency.

According to James Bradley in “Martin Van Buren ... His presentation of Van Buren’s achievements feels wan compared with the fervor with which he decries Van Buren’s complicity in the ...