Martin Van Buren won the White House in 1836 by defeating William Henry Harrison to become the seventh President of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

KINDERHOOK, N.Y. -- New York Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Michel Natali commemorated the 241st birthday of President Martin Van Buren on Tuesday, December 5, by laying a wreath from the White House ...

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 ...

An ornate ballroom so huge it would make the White House look like an attached garage. A paved-over Rose Garden lawn. Glittering gold picture frames in the Oval Office. And a $400 million plane from ...

KINDERHOOK, N.Y. - New York Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Michel Natali commemorated the 241st birthday of former President Martin Van Buren Dec. 5 by laying a wreath from the White House at the ...

Martin Van Buren earned two nicknames during his lifetime: “the Little Magician”—he was a smooth politician—and “Old Kinderhook” from the town where he was born. “Old Kinderhook,” abbreviated to O.K., ...