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Article: Van Buren, Martin
Presidents: A Reference History;      700+ words ...Martin Van Buren James C. Curtis THE inauguration of Martin Van Buren on 4 March 1837 would long live in the memory of his ... of the significance of this transition than Martin Van Buren himself. He regarded Jackson as the last of the great ...

Article: VAN BUREN'S HOME, REPUTATION RESTORED.(Living ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  January 4, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... nearly five years behind schedule, Martin Van Buren's Kinderhook mansion is about to become ... coincide with the 200th anniversary of Van Buren's birth in 1782. Recognition delayed ... recognition at all, of course. And in Van Buren's case, delay has had a decided advantage ...

Article: VAN BUREN'S RESTORED LINDENWALD OPENS ITS ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  June 15, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... a mission, stood in front of Martin Van Buren's house on a Sunday afternoon of changeable ... people at the 2 p.m. grand opening of Van Buren's Lindenwald house on Route 9H here ... But where Welles, the author of "Van Buren Wizard of O.K.," did not win a convert ...

Article: VAN BUREN, MARTIN (1782-1862)
Young Students Learning Library;      591 words ...00-00-0000 Martin Van Buren, the eighth President, was the first ... became the United States. Martin Van Buren lived in Kinderhook, New York. He ... became a lawyer at the age of 21. Van Buren then returned to his native town to ...

Encyclopedia entry: Martin Van Buren
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      700+ words ...Martin Van Buren 1782-1862, 8th President of the United ... Democratic party. While still a senator Van Buren was made state attorney general in 1815 ... Daniel D. Tompkins as Vice President. Van Buren served (1821-28) in the U.S. Senate ...

Article: Martin Van Buren's path to presidency holds lesson ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  August 10, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... fetched it sounds, the rise of Martin Van Buren to the presidency in the 1830s wrote ... style sequel. A refresher on the tale of Van Buren's political coup might help you decide ... it first sounds. This version of the Van Buren affair relies mostly on the work of historian ...

Article: `OLD KINDERHOOK': UNDERESTIMATED; Martin Van Buren, ...
The Washington Post;  January 20, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... an odd pair: George Bush and Martin Van Buren, the new president's political hero ... who has been extolling his "marvelous Van Buren transition," worries about his own ... president started on March 4, 1837, the day Van Buren took office. It was a bright, sunny ...