How much do you know about President Martin Van Buren? Chances are, not much. The eighth president of the United States, who served from 1837 - 1841, does not usually get Mount Rushmore-level ...

In New York's Hudson Valley, in the village of Kinderhook, sits a lovely estate called Lindenwald, once home to Martin Van Buren. And if you don't know who that is, you're in good company! Van Buren ...

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. As ...

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Martin Van Buren was the first president to be born an American citizen. Besides that singular fact, he put his indelible stamp on our history and folklore. He left his footprint in Americana on many ...

There are presidents you know and presidents you don’t know. The Hudson Valley has produced one of each. The one you know, arguably the most important president of the 20th century, needs only three ...

Martin Van Buren was our eighth president and the first to be born an American citizen. But what was the polished politician with the out-there sideburns best known for? Besides creating our two-party ...

For readers who dismiss Martin Van Buren as a forgettable minor figure, Widmer's short biography may come as a revelation. Van Buren was in many respects the father of American mass democratic ...

edited by John C. Fitzpatrick. (Annual Report of the American Historical Association, Volume II.) Government Printing Office, 1920. Large 8vo, 808 pp. $1.00. AN account of political movements in the ...