Martin Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular Politics

Leonard L. Richards, Joel H. Silbey

The Journal of Southern History · 2004 · 37 citations · 0 references

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Chapter 1: Tavern Keeper's Son: Making of a Politician, 1782-1812 Chapter 2: The Partisan I: Master of the State, 1812-1821 Chapter 3: The Partisan II: Senator From New York, 1821-1828 Chapter 4: Seats of the Mighty, 1828-1832 Chapter 5: Democracy's Heir Apparent, 1832-1836 Chapter 6: At the Summit: Eighth President of the United States, 1837-1841 Chapter 7: The People Could Not Be Rallied for Van Buren Chapter 8: Partisan Leader at Bay, 1841-1847 Chapter 9: The Most Fallen Man I Have Ever Known: Party Leader Becomes a Political Rebel-For a Time, 1848-1852 Chapter 10: Political Afterlife, 1852-1862 Chapter 11: The Honors of Their Statesman Suggested Reading