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 ...

A Queens high school teacher was arrested Friday afternoon after a student accused him of inappropriate touching during class ...

A Queens high school teacher was arrested Friday after a student confided in a friend that the educator had touched her inappropriately several months earlier, police said. Police arrested Brian ...

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.