When sultans tried to give President Martin Van Buren lavish gifts, he did what the Constitution requires and asked Congress what to do. Two live lions had been gifted to Van Buren by the Sultan ...

On June 22, 1848, the political party was created at a convention in Buffalo and nominated Martin Van Buren for president. It's just one of many chapters in the political history of the city where ...

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 ...

Police arrested Brian Greenspan at Martin Van Buren High School in Queens Village, where he is a teacher, around 1:20 p.m. for an incident in December 2024, cops said. Greenspan, 53, is charged ...

Now, for the nine worst. Things go downhill in a hurry from here. 10. Martin Van Buren (1837–41) Van Buren is perhaps the closest we have to a cipher among the Democratic presidents, with less ...

Those potent engines would tear the country apart. Martin Van Buren: America’s First Politician by James M. Bradley Oxford University Press, 623 pp. The revolutionary generation has a way of ...

It all leads to a shocking end centered around Guy Pearce's character, the bombastic wealthy industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren. The bulk of the movie focuses on Van Buren commissioning Tóth ...

How much do you know about President Martin Van Buren? Chances are, not much. The eighth president of the United States, who served from 1837 - 1841, does not usually get Mount Rushmore-level ...

Bradley, author of “Martin Van Buren: America’s First Politician” and presidential historian and New York Times bestselling author Alexis Coe at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 11. The event will ...