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.

Why Martin Van Buren Was In a “Seinfeld” Episode and 5 Other Things Nobody Knew About Our 8th President. Liz McNeil. ... "He practically founded the Democratic Party, ...

But his Democratic opponent, ... In 1836, Vice President Martin Van Buren won the presidential election – a feat no sitting VP was able to repeat until George H.W. Bush in 1988.

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.

Martin Van Buren in 1860. ... With Andrew Jackson, he co-founded the Democratic Party in 1828, cannily banking on Jackson’s personal appeal to win that year’s election; ...

Martin Van Buren, the 8th president of the United States. CBS News But in the facial hair department, Van Buren is second to no one, with some of the wildest facial hair to ever grace the White House.

KINDERHOOK, N.Y. -- New York Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Michel Natali commemorated the 241st birthday of President Martin Van Buren on Tuesday, December 5, by laying a wreath from the White ...

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.