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<p><b>The first president born after America's independence ushers in a new era of no-holds-barred democracy</b><br><br>The first "professional politician" to become president, the slick and dandyish Martin Van Buren was to all appearances the opposite of his predecessor, the rugged general and Democratic champion Andrew Jackson. Van Buren, a native Dutch speaker, was America's first ethnic president as well as the first New Yorker to hold the office, at a time when Manhattan was bursting with new arrivals. A sharp and adroit political operator, he established himself as a powerhouse in New York, becoming a U.S. senator, secretary of state, and vice president under Jackson, whose election he managed. His ascendancy to the Oval Office was virtually a foregone conclusion.<br><br>Once he had the reins of power, however, Van Buren found the road quite a bit rougher. His attempts to find a middle ground on the most pressing issues of his day-such as the growing regional conflict over slavery-eroded his effectiveness. But it was his inability to prevent the great banking panic of 1837, and the ensuing depression, that all but ensured his fall from grace and made him the third president t

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Author

Biographie;Widmer, Ted

Publisher

Henry Holt and Co.;Times Books

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9781466832718

Category

nonfiction

Rating

3.81 / 5 (47 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14