“Not only was he an artful politician, but he also helped shape our political system as we know it today,” Brunhart explained.
Known as the “Red Fox of Kinderhook” and other nicknames like the “Little Magician” and the “Mistletoe Politician,” Van Buren’s career saw him rise from a clerk in a legal firm who studied law at night to become governor of New York, U.S. Secretary of State in Andrew Jackson’s cabinet, ambassador to Great Britain, U.S. senator, vice president and President.
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