A new biography suggests that the eighth U.S. president, who was born in Kinderhook, deserves to be remembered — though not ...

He completely stopped any Federal aid to internal improvements. Van Buren laid the groundwork for an independent treasury system to process government transactions. Major Acts: Martin Van Buren ...

Martin Van Buren ... Act of 1830, Van Buren's administration removed Cherokee and other native peoples from their homes to be relocated west of the Mississippi, an event known as the "Trail ...

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 was the first ...

After winning the election, Bush savored overcoming the historical odds. “I also want to thank Martin Van Buren for paving ...

James M. Bradley will deliver the Spring 2025 Cynthia Van Buren Lecture, “Revenge or Redemption? Martin Van Buren’s Run for the Presidency with the Free Soil Party in 1848,” at ...