Van Buren rose quickly and emerged as the organizing genius of New York state’s dominant political machine—the nucleus for what became the national Democratic Party.

Martin Van Buren (1837–41) Van Buren is perhaps the closest we have to a cipher among the Democratic presidents, with less good and bad to his name than the incomplete term of John F. Kennedy.

"He practically founded the Democratic Party ... propaganda — started under Martin Van Buren.” Read on for a few things we may not have learned in history class about the man dubbed ...

When Martin Van Buren arrived in Washington to be sworn ... With Andrew Jackson, he co-founded the Democratic Party in 1828, cannily banking on Jackson’s personal appeal to win that year ...

To win the presidential election, Democrat Kamala Harris will have to overcome what was once called the “Van Buren jinx.” In 1836, Vice President Martin Van Buren won the presidential election ...

Van Buren tried again in 1844 and 1848 — this time as a third-party Free Soil candidate opposing slavery and essentially repudiating the Democratic Party he founded — but failed both times.

He sought the Democratic presidential nomination in ... Arthur in Menands, as well as that of President Martin Van Buren in Kinderhook. The New York Air National Guard's 107th Airlift Wing in ...

In New York's Hudson Valley, in the village of Kinderhook, sits a lovely estate called Lindenwald, once home to Martin Van Buren. And if you don't know who that is, you're in good company!

Van Buren rose quickly and emerged as the organizing genius of New York state’s dominant political machine—the nucleus for what became the national Democratic Party.