“Old Kinderhook,” abbreviated to O.K., was his campaign slogan and was one way the expression became part of the English language. Van Buren was the first president born an American citizen.

1840: "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too." Whig Party candidate William Henry Harrison ran against incumbent president Martin Van Buren with that catchy slogan. What was Tippecanoe?

Contrary to what Kramer said on Seinfeld, Van Buren was not “mean” In the 1997 episode " The Van Buren Boys," a fictional "street gang" that admires the eighth president uses the hand sign of ...

He may not have been a very memorable president, but nearly two centuries ago Martin Van Buren did much to create the modern political system we have in America today—the idea of strong national ...

Martin Van Buren allied himself with President Andrew Jackson, who in turn rewarded Van Buren with cabinet positions and the vice presidency.

Van Buren, however, was unsuccessful in his 1840 campaign, and reasons for his defeat are strikingly similar to circumstances and problems bedeviling Bush today.

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. He left his footprint in Americana on ...

President Martin Van Buren didn't have MP3s. Or CDs. Or, for that matter, popular bands with wide radio play whose songs he could sample at rallies. This was, after all, 1840.

Martin Van Buren earned two nicknames during his lifetime: “the Little Magician”—he was a smooth politician—and “Old Kinderhook” from the town where he was born.

Martin Van Buren allied himself with President Andrew Jackson, who in turn rewarded Van Buren with cabinet positions and the vice presidency.