Why Martin Van Buren Was In a “Seinfeld” Episode and 5 Other Things Nobody Knew About Our 8th ... Everything we associate with parties and campaigns — conventions, platforms, and yes, ...

According to James Bradley in “Martin Van Buren: America’s First Politician ... conventions and campaigns. The result for our political discourse was not exactly elevating, but it effectively ...

Martin Van Buren allied himself with President Andrew ... and he faced what cynics might deem the first modern presidential campaign, complete with pennants, sewing kits and other gifts decorated ...

Martin Van Buren was born on Dec. 5 ... Van Buren also “revolutionizes campaign practices, using the partisan press and congressional mail, having candidates campaign themselves, which was ...

In 1836, Vice President Martin Van Buren won the presidential election ... but in 1956 some Republicans waged a campaign to dump him from the ticket. At the time, some commentators wondered ...

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. It was an odd time to be party-mongering ...

In New York's Hudson Valley, in the village of Kinderhook, sits a lovely estate called Lindenwald, once home to Martin Van Buren. And if you don't know who that is, you're in good company!

Columbia County village, long best known as the birthplace and final resting place of President Martin Van Buren, is growing with influx of retail, restaurants and art Lindenwald, an estate 2 ...

Everything we associate with parties and campaigns — conventions, platforms, and yes, propaganda — started under Martin Van Buren.” Read on for a few things we may not have learned in ...

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. According to ...

Martin Van Buren earned two nicknames during his lifetime ... “Old Kinderhook,” abbreviated to O.K., was his campaign slogan and was one way the expression became part of the English ...

Martin Van Buren allied himself with President Andrew ... and he faced what cynics might deem the first modern presidential campaign, complete with pennants, sewing kits and other gifts decorated ...