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 ...

Lindenwald, Martin Van Buren’s estate. | Acroterion, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 4.0 The preferred annex for the Albany elite, Van Buren’s residence would often host dinner and cocktail ...

Martin Van Buren was born on Dec. 5, ... people with gumption and ambition the opportunity to play a role in political life they didn’t have before. That is something worth considering. ...

KINDERHOOK, N.Y. -- New York Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Michel Natali commemorated the 241st birthday of President Martin Van Buren on Tuesday, December 5, by laying a wreath from the White ...

I do not regret that your correspondent has directed the public attention to the fact of Mr. FLAGG's absence and my own at the funeral obsequies of Ex-President VAN BUREN.

According to James Bradley in “Martin Van Buren: America’s First Politician”—an engaging and careful work of scholarship—the eighth president “built and designed the party system that ...

Martin Van Buren earned two nicknames during his lifetime: “the Little Magician”—he was a smooth politician—and “Old Kinderhook” from the town where he was born.

As president, however, Van Buren maintained Jacksonian policies that magnified an economic downturn, leading to the Panic of 1837. "Martin Van Ruin" was not re-elected... Died: July 24, 1862, in ...

This crisis - and his refusal to annex Texas - remain the legacy of President Martin Van Buren. His attempt for re-election in 1840 was doomed from the start.

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 ...

As president, however, Van Buren maintained Jacksonian policies that magnified an economic downturn, leading to the Panic of 1837. "Martin Van Ruin" was not re-elected... Died: July 24, 1862, in ...