Martin Van Buren: The Party-Building President Who Davy Crockett Described as Corseted, Aiding in His Defeat. Without a serious and thorough consideration of Van Buren’s entire career — before and ...

Andrew Jackson's successor, Martin Van Buren (1782–1862) was also at various times Jackson's secretary of state, ambassador to the Court of St. James's and vice president.

Historian James Bradley has written a major new biography of local resident and the 8th president of the United States, Martin Van Buren. He was the first chief executive not born a British ...