There has been a bit of a renaissance of interest in perhaps the hairiest of presidents, Martin Van Buren. But there’s more to Van Buren than whiskers and a three-part name. Van Buren is an important ...

From the outset, James M. Bradley renounces any effort to rebuild Martin Van Buren’s pedestrian presidential reputation. A lackluster speaker, a vice president who never emerged out of Andrew ...

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 ...

Who Was Martin Van Buren? Martin Van Buren studied law and held various political positions before serving as U.S. senator, as secretary of state and as vice president. He was elected the eighth ...

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 ...

On the anniversary of Martin Van Buren's birthday, Constitution Daily looks at the man who helped to create our modern two-party political system, well before he became eighth President.

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Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The first president born a U.S. citizen rather than a British subject, Martin Van Buren was known as the “Little ...