From Buenos Aires to Bangkok, Montreal to Moscow, nearly every taxi driver in the world understands “OK.” It’s a gift from ...

Martin Van Buren: Not 'OK' as president Martin Van Buren was the first president to be born an American citizen. Besides that singular fact, he put his indelible stamp on our history and folklore.… ...

KINDERHOOK, N.Y. | Martin Van Buren was born in what was once called, "Old Kinderhook" and got the nickname "OK." He was later dubbed "The OK President" and some historians ...

When the 44th president of the United States toured the General Electric plant Friday, he likely wasn't expecting to run into the great-great-great-great grandson of the nation's eighth president ...

Van Buren was also Jackson’s choice for successor. Van Buren was the first president to write his autobiography — at once tedious and, as Mr. Bradley demonstrates, an invaluable resource for ...

1 / 7 Show Caption + Hide Caption – New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen in the Joint Force Headquarters Color Guard honor President Martin Van Buren during a grave side ceremony at the ...

KINDERHOOK, N.Y. - Martin Van Buren-- the eighth president of the United States- who probably introduced "OK" into American English and reinvigorated two-party politics in the United States was ...

EX-PRESIDENT VAN BUREN. Share full article. June 16, 1861. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from June 16, 1861, Page 3 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

In March 1837, President Van Buren, whose wife had died 18 years earlier, moved to the White House with his four bachelor sons. There was no first lady until Van Buren’s son Abraham married ...

Martin Van Buren, the 8th president of the United States. CBS News But in the facial hair department, Van Buren is second to no one, with some of the wildest facial hair to ever grace the White House.