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

For those same four years, Whitmer was the Senate minority leader, meaning Richardville was the top Republican in chamber and she was the top Democrat ... of Allegan and Van Buren counties ...

The brief campaign was bitter, with Adams running as a Federalist and Jefferson running as a Democratic-Republican ... This paid off for Vice President Martin Van Buren in 1836; he had been ...

Thomas R. O’Donnell is a retired science writer and former newspaper reporter and editor. He lives near Keosauqua. You learn a lot by running for the legislature in rural southeast Iowa ...

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 ...

Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States, served from 1837-1841, leaving a legacy as a skilled politician ...

Languages: English A new child tax credit plan proposed by a Republican ... Democrats, though, only 52 percent said they opposed eliminating the child tax credit for noncitizens. Jefferson Van ...

With both Republican Majority Leader Chuck Efstration and Democratic Minority Leader Carolyn Hugley co-sponsoring the bills, the legislation has received bipartisan support. Democratic Rep.

Jackson’s new secretary of state was Martin Van Buren, who was from New York state. And Van Buren knew the players in New York very well and actually wrote Jackson and said, “Do not do this.” ...