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 ...

Martin Van Buren entered the White House on the coattails of his illustrious predecessor, Andrew Jackson, making him the second vice president to succeed his immediate forerunner. Challenges: Three ...

He’s the eighth President of the United States, Martin Van Buren, he tells them ... didn’t garner the Democratic nomination in 1844 (lost it to James Polk, who became president) and was ...

In 1836, Vice President Martin Van Buren won the presidential election ... he failed to get the Democratic nomination in 1844 ...