When Martin Van Buren arrived in Washington to be sworn in as a senator in 1821, he told a friend he planned to “build up a party” for himself. It was an odd time to be party-mongering ...

Born: December 5, 1782, in Kinderhook, New York... Martin Van Buren allied himself with President Andrew Jackson, who in turn rewarded Van Buren with cabinet positions and the vice presidency.

Despite his administration’s successful push in outlawing bigamy and legalizing divorce, President Martin Van Buren (whose ...

A Queens high school teacher was arrested Friday after a student confided in a friend that the educator had touched her inappropriately several months earlier, police said. Police arrested Brian ...

Martin Van Buren entered the White House on the coattails of his illustrious predecessor, Andrew Jackson, making him the second vice president to succeed his immediate forerunner. Challenges: Three ...

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

Police arrested Brian Greenspan at Martin Van Buren High School in Queens Village, where he is a teacher, around 1:20 p.m. for an incident in December 2024, cops said. Greenspan, 53, is charged ...