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9 Feb 2018, 3:00 am by NCC Staff
The second contest between Harrison and Martin Van Buren was nasty, prolonged, and full of gamesmanship. [read post]
8 Feb 2018, 3:00 am by NCC Staff
In the 1836 presidential election, Martin Van Buren won the election with 170 electoral votes, defeating William Henry Harrison and three other candidates. [read post]
20 Jan 2018, 5:03 am by Tom Smith
But the contest—between incumbent president Martin Van Buren and the challenger William H. [read post]
28 Dec 2017, 9:30 pm by Dan Ernst
We know many of these New Yorkers from our history books (Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, Dewitt Clinton, and Martin Van Buren). [read post]
28 Dec 2017, 12:06 pm by Jim Martin
As there was at this time no method for filling a vacancy in the office of the vice president, the country was without a vice president until Martin Van Buren was sworn in on March 4, 1833. [read post]
5 Dec 2017, 2:00 am by Scott Bomboy
There has been a bit of a renaissance of interest in perhaps the hairiest of presidents, Martin Van Buren. [read post]
25 Nov 2017, 2:00 am by NCC Staff
President Martin Van Buren had expected the court to rule for the Spanish government in the case. [read post]
28 Sep 2017, 12:52 pm by Josh Blackman and Seth Barrett Tillman
(Matt McClain/ The Washington Post) The foreign emoluments clause provides that “no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under [the United States], shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State. [read post]
27 Jul 2017, 2:25 am by NCC Staff
Of the 10 secretaries who served between 1790 and 1831, five were later elected President (Jefferson, Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams and Martin Van Buren) and another, John Marshall, served as Chief Justice of the United States. [read post]
15 Jun 2017, 3:00 am by Scott Bomboy
In 1837,  Martin Van Buren won the election to replace Jackson as president, but there was dissent within the Democratic Party about the vice presidential candidate, Richard Mentor Johnson. [read post]
4 Apr 2017, 3:00 am by Scott Bomboy
  In 1836, Harrison finished second to the victorious Martin Van Buren in a divided presidential race. [read post]
15 Feb 2017, 3:10 am by Scott Bomboy
Executive Orders, First Month Of New Administration Year President Orders Notes 1829 Andrew Jackson 1 Army pensions 1837 Martin Van Buren 1 Surgeon General to accompany ex-President Jackson 1841 William Henry Harrison 0 1841 Martin Van Buren 0 1845 James Polk 0 1849 Zachary Taylor 0 1850 Millard Fillmore 1 Funeral closures for President Taylor 1853 Franklin Pierce 1 Construction of White House wings 1857 James Buchanan 0 1861 Abraham… [read post]
9 Feb 2017, 3:00 am by NCC Staff
The second contest between Harrison and Martin Van Buren was nasty, prolonged, and full of gamesmanship. [read post]
8 Feb 2017, 3:00 am by NCC Staff
Richard Mentor Johnson in 1840 In the 1836 presidential election, Martin Van Buren won the election with 170 electoral votes, defeating William Henry Harrison and three other candidates. [read post]
15 Jul 2016, 9:30 pm by Dan Ernst
 The Library of Congress has placed on-line 6,000 items from the Martin Van Buren Papers and released a new on-line version of the Federal Register for the years 1936-1993, together with a Beginner's Guide. [read post]