This biography introduces readers to Martin Van Buren including his early political career and key events from Van Buren's administration including the Second Seminole War and passage of the Independent Treasury Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard...

The first president born after America's independence ushers in a new era of no-holds-barred democracy The first "professional politician" to become president, the slick and dandyish Martin Van Buren was to all appearances the opposite of his predecessor, the rugged general and Democratic champion Andrew Jackson. Van Buren, a native Dutch speaker, was America's first ethnic president as well as the first New Yorker to hold the office, at a time when...

This is a biography of the eighth president of the United States who believed that he had acted in the best interests of the nation from 1837 to 1841.

Examines the life of the lawyer politician who became the eighth president of the United States and led the country through its first serious depression.

Tells the life story of the eighth U.S. president, Martin Van Buren, describing his childhood, his struggles and accomplishments in office, and his life after leaving the White House.