Martin Van Buren

  • Martin Van Buren
    By Susan Jankowski

    Tools Search Notes Discuss Go ! that of Vice President Richard M. Johnson and Secretary of State John Forsyth . Life in the White House Two of Van Buren's sons moved into the White House with him . Soon Abraham married Angelica ...

  • Martin Van Buren: The American Presidents Series: The 8th President, 1837-1841
    By Ted Widmer, Edward L. Widmer

    Examines the life and presidency of Martin Van Buren, describing his failed efforts to control such issues as slavery and the great banking panic of 1837.

  • Martin Van Buren
    By Neil Hamilton

    When Andrew Jackson was president, Martin Van Buren was the man behind the scenes, turning the Democratic Party into a modern campaign organization and developing the "spoils" system to increase the Jackson administration's str.

  • Martin Van Buren: The Romantic Age of American Politics
    By John Niven

    They called him "the Magician," "the Red Fox" and other names that celebrated his political skill. And, indeed, there is no doubt that Martin Van Buren was the most innovative politician of his age.

  • Martin Van Buren
    By BreAnn Rumsch

    This biography introduces readers to Martin Van Buren including his early political career and key events from Van Buren's administration including the Second Seminole War and passage of the Independent Treasury Act.

  • Martin Van Buren: America's 8th President
    By Lesli J. Favor

    Examines the life of the lawyer politician who became the eighth president of the United States and led the country through its first serious depression.

  • Martin Van Buren: Law, Politics, and the Shaping of Republican Ideology
    By Jerome Mushkat, Joseph G. Rayback

    In 1828, Martin Van Buren discontinued his profession as a lawyer to become a full-time politician, yet his formative years as an attorney provided the critical ideological basis for his later political success.

  • Martin Van Buren: The Little Magician
    By Pierre-Marie Loizeau

    "This book portrays the life of Martin Van Buren, an active architect of the Democratic Party and eighth president of the American republic, who still remains in the public mind...

  • Martin Van Buren: A Fascinating Biography of the 8th United States President
    By Steven Wallace

    Martin Van Buren: A Fascinating Biography of the 8th United States President showcases the life and political career of a man who championed for the expansion of voting rights and would later overcome an attempt to rig the Presidential ...

  • Martin Van Buren: The Definitive Biography (the 8th President of the United States)
    By Innovating History

    This book looks at the life and work of one of the least known and appreciated Presidents of the United States.

  • Martin Van Buren: The Romantic Age of American Politics
    By John Niven

    A biography of the eighth president of the United States examines Van Buren's distinguished political career in terms of the era in which he lived and worked

  • Martin Van Buren: The American Presidents Series: The 8th President, 1837-1841
    By Ted Widmer

    The first president born after America's independence ushers in a new era of no-holds-barred democracy The first "professional politician" to become president, the slick and dandyish Martin Van Buren was to all appearances the opposite of ...

  • Martin Van Buren
    By BreAnn Rumsch

    This biography introduces readers to Martin Van Buren including his early political career and key events from Van Buren's administration including the Second Seminole War and passage of the Independent Treasury Act.

  • Martin Van Buren: Old Kinderhook
    By Biographiq

    Martin Van Buren - Old Kinderhook is the biography of Martin Van Buren, the eighth President of the United States serving in office from 1837 to 1841.

  • Martin Van Buren: A Captivating Guide to the Man Who Served as the Eighth President of the United States
    By Captivating History

    This book will give you an in-depth understanding of this man, born a tavern owner's son, who became one of the founders of the Democratic Party.

  • Martin Van Buren
    By BreAnn Rumsch

    Each president's term influences events in America and around the world for years to come. This biography introduces young readers to the life of Martin Van Buren beginning with his childhood in Kinderhook, New York.

  • Martin Van Buren: Our Eighth President
    By Steven Ferry

    Discusses the early life, family, political career, and contributions of the eighth president of the United States.

  • Martin Van Buren: A Life from Beginning to End
    By Hourly History

    Whatever his failings as a president, he was a pre-eminent politician, and when the story of America is told, Van Buren's contribution to the political process must be highly ranked.

  • Martin Van Buren: Our 8th President
    By Steven Ferry

    A thorough, illustrated biography discussing the childhood, career, family, and term of Martin Van Buren, eighth president of the United States.

  • Martin Van Buren
    By Anne Welsbacher

    Examines the life and career of the eighth American president, who had the nickname Old Kinderhook.