To win the presidential election, Democrat Kamala Harris will have to overcome what was once called the “Van Buren jinx.” In ...
Widmer wrote a biography of Martin Van Buren: "I was attracted to the idea ... secretary of state, and then vice president to the original populist president, Andrew Jackson.
Martin Van Buren allied himself with President Andrew Jackson, who in turn rewarded Van Buren with cabinet positions and the vice presidency. As president, however, Van Buren maintained Jacksonian ...
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 ...
Fenderich 1840. Elected in 1837, Richard Mentor Johnson, vice president under Martin Van Buren, was infamous for leaving Washington, D.C., to tend bar at his tavern in Kentucky. Johnson was facing ...