former President Martin Van Buren slipped into a coma and never recovered. Van Buren, the nation’s eighth president, died three days later at age 79 at his home in Kinderhook, New York. In 1860 ...

Brady at the World's Fair in London, 1851 National Portrait Gallery Martin Van Buren by Mathew B ... Wood engraving on paper, 1860 National Portrait Gallery Mathew B. Brady by Francis D'Avignon ...

When Martin Van Buren arrived ... to win that year’s election; Van Buren became Jackson’s vice president, and the Democrats dominated politics until 1860. “He didn’t think that politics ...