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 ...

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 ...

New York Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Michel Natali paid tribute to the nation’s eighth president, Martin Van Buren, as he ...

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 ...

Martin Van Buren was the first president to be born an American citizen. Besides that singular fact, he put his indelible stamp on our history and folklore. He left his footprint in Americana on many ...

KINDERHOOK, N.Y. - Martin Van Buren-- the eighth president of the United States- who probably introduced "OK" into American English and reinvigorated two-party politics in the United States was ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Next up is the “Little Magician” - Martin Van Buren. Prior to becoming the eighth president Van Buren was a lawyer in New York who was elected to the State Senate in ...

• Martin Van Buren was born to Dutch parents in a town near Albany, New York, in 1782. He was the first president to never spend a day under British rule. • Van Buren’s father owned a tavern and inn ...

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 ...