However, when Van Buren was to be confirmed for the role, then Vice-President Calhoun voted against the appointment. In response, when Jackson ran for re-election in 1832 he tapped Van Buren as ...

Martin Van Buren, the 8th president of the United States. CBS News But in the facial hair department, Van Buren is second to no one, with some of the wildest facial hair to ever grace the White House.

In 1836, Vice President Martin Van Buren won the presidential election — a feat no sitting VP was able to repeat until George H.W. Bush in 1988, more than 150 years later.

For four years, Van Buren served as Jackson’s Vice-President and was seen as his natural successor. In 1836, the “Little Magician” ran for the high office himself.

Martin Van Buren, ninth governor of New York, eighth vice president of the United States, and eighth president of the United States. New York State Archives By David Levine , Freelance Writer Feb ...

Martin Van Buren: The Party-Building President Who Davy Crockett Described as Corseted, Aiding in His Defeat. Without a serious and thorough consideration of Van Buren’s entire career — before and ...

President Martin Van Buren, 1837. Library of Congress. Terms: 1837-1841 Political Party: Democrat First Lady: Angelica Singleton Van-Buren (daughter-in-law) Vice President: Richard M. Johnson.

EX-PRESIDENT VAN BUREN. Share full article. June 16, 1861. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from June 16, 1861, Page 3 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

Van Buren was elected as Jackson's vice president during Jackson's second term of office. Shortly after taking office in 1837, an economic downturn known as the Panic of 1837 hit.

Martin Van Buren in 1860. Library of Congress. When Martin Van Buren arrived in Washington to be sworn in as a senator in 1821, he told a friend he planned to “build up a party” for himself.

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.