He was the last of three generations spanning nearly the entire history of the United States: When his grandfather was born, ...

KINDERHOOK — Martin Van Buren National Historic Site will host “Spring in the Orchard" on Saturday, June 7. This is an opportunity to visit and learn about spring happenings in the recently ...

On June 22, 1848, the political party was created at a convention in Buffalo and nominated Martin Van Buren for president. It's just one of many chapters in the political history of the city where ...

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 ...

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In her biography "William Henry Harrison," author ... sought regional candidates to run against Jackson's handpicked successor, Martin Van Buren. Though Jackson's popularity assured a Democratic ...

was a new man named Martin Van Buren. As we come to know him in James Bradley’s intriguing and incisive new biography, Van Buren was the right man at the right moment. He was born in 1782 ...

But a new biography, Martin Van Buren: America’s First Politician, by James M. Bradley sheds new light on the obscure politician perhaps best remembered today for a running joke from a 1997 ...

Bradley, author of “Martin Van Buren: America’s First Politician” and presidential historian and New York Times bestselling author Alexis Coe at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 11. The event will ...