Widmer wrote a biography of Martin Van Buren: "I was attracted to the idea of trying to make an obscure president a little bit less obscure. I think I succeeded in that very small goal.

But a new biography, Martin Van Buren: America’s First Politician, by James M. Bradley sheds new light on the obscure politician perhaps best remembered today for a running joke from a 1997 ...

Martin Van Buren: Not 'OK' as president Martin Van Buren was the first president to be born an American citizen. Besides that singular fact, he put his indelible stamp on our history and folklore.… ...

Martin Van Buren was born on Dec. 5, 1782, the same day King George III announced hostilities with the United States were over and five days after the preliminary articles of the Treaty of Paris ...

Columbia County village, long best known as the birthplace and final resting place of President Martin Van Buren, is growing with influx of retail, restaurants and art By Steve Barnes , Senior ...

Unfortunately, Van Buren did not have someone to tout him like John Eaton, who wrote a sycophantic biography of Jackson, and Van Buren could not write with the celerity of Grant in his memoirs.

For readers who dismiss Martin Van Buren as a forgettable minor figure, Widmer's short biography may come as a revelation. Van Buren was in many respects the father of American mass democratic ...

Life Portrait of Martin Van Buren. 512 Views Program ID: 96805-9 Category: C-SPAN Specials Format: Vignette Location: Kinderhook, New York, United States. ... talked about his biography of Pr ...

But a new biography, Martin Van Buren: America’s First Politician, by James M. Bradley sheds new light on the obscure politician perhaps best remembered today for a running joke from a 1997 ...