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 ...

Widmer wrote a biography of Martin Van Buren: "I was attracted to the idea of trying to make an obscure president a little bit less obscure. I think I succeeded in that very small goal.

Martin Van Buren earned two nicknames ... one way the expression became part of the English language. Van Buren was the first president born an American citizen. He was also the only president ...

The Danbury (Conn) Times states that two of the prominent citizens of that place recently paid a visit to Ex-President MARTIN VAN BUREN. The conversation naturally turned in the direction of the ...

Bradley in Martin Van Buren: America’s First Politician, a lively and illuminating new biography of our eighth president—the first to be born a U.S. citizen. Absent a strong opposition party ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Ted Widmer, former adviser to President Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, talked about the panic of 1837 and President Martin Van ...

Though President Andrew Jackson gave the period its name, the most talented practitioner of the new art of popular politics was Jackson’s diminutive successor, Martin Van Buren. According to ...

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 ...

To win the presidential election, Democrat Kamala Harris will have to overcome what was once called the “Van Buren jinx.” In ...

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.

The American republic began in 1789, but it took a while for leaders and voters alike to organize themselves within a national framework, a process that would transform the nature of politics.