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 ...

Martin Van Buren allied himself with President ... In his third presidential bid, in 1844, Van Buren's position on Texas threw the nomination to James Polk. Van Buren ran for a fourth time in ...

In 1836, Vice President Martin Van Buren won the presidential election ... he failed to get the Democratic nomination in 1844 ...