After stints as Secretary of State and ambassador to Great Britain, Van Buren served as Andrew Jackson’s vice president for Old Hickory’s second term. Martin van Buren’s sole term as ...

Andrew Jackson's tombstone is etched with three ... and he felt like his career had kind of died," said Marsha Mullin, vice president of museum services and chief curator of the Hermitage.

A former Facebook executive says that for the company's founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, one American president stands head ...

Jackson embodied the ideal of the self-made ... Not coincidentally, he was able to purge anyone who supported his hated vice president, John Calhoun. Britain and France both tried to keep the ...

A historic tree at the White House will meet the end of its lifespan soon – but an expert says that's not necessarily a bad thing. On Sunday, President Donald Trump announced that he plans to ...

Jackson was born in the then remote Waxhaws region of the Carolinas, on March 15, 1767. His parents were Scots-Irish immigrants, and his father died just three weeks shy of Jackson’s birth. One of ...

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