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Martin Van Buren: Founder of the Democratic Party and the eighth U.S. president
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U.S. President Martin Van Buren
U.S. Pres. Martin Van Buren, oil on canvas by George Peter Alexander Healy, 1857;...
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; gift from the trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund (object no. NPG.2019.16)
Hannah Van Buren
First lady Hannah Van Buren; in the collection of the Martin Van Buren National Historic...
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Presidential campaign of 1840 political cartoon
A political cartoon from the 1840 presidential campaign, in which Pres. Martin Van...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZC4-2859)
Martin Van Buren: 1848 U.S. presidential campaign poster
An 1848 campaign poster featuring Martin Van Buren (left) and Charles F. Adams, the...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZC2-2465)
Martin Van Buren
U.S. Pres. Martin Van Buren.
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Free-Soil Party
Campaign banner for the Free-Soil Party, 1848.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Digital File Number: cph 3b50339)
American presidential election, 1840
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Key events in the life of Martin Van Buren.
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Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren, daguerreotype, c. 1845–50.
Courtesy of the Chicago History Museum

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Presidency of Martin Van Buren
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