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 ...

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 ...

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.