Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Martin Van Buren, the 8th president of the United States Oxford University Press 'Martin Van Buren: America's First Politician' by James M ...

From Buenos Aires to Bangkok, Montreal to Moscow, nearly every taxi driver in the world understands "OK." It's a gift from American English that's spread across the globe in less than 200 years.

Martin Van Buren served as U.S. president from 1837 to 1841. Some would say he was not much more than an OK president. From Buenos Aires to Bangkok, Montreal to Moscow, the languages may differ, but ...

From Buenos Aires to Bangkok, Montreal to Moscow, nearly every taxi driver in the world understands "OK." It's a gift from American English that's spread across the globe in less than 200 years.

From Buenos Aires to Bangkok, Montreal to Moscow, nearly every taxi driver in the world understands "OK." It's a gift from American English that's spread across the globe in less than 200 years.

But a new biography, Martin Van Buren: America’s First Politician, by James M. Bradley sheds new light on the obscure politician perhaps best remembered today for a running joke from a 1997 ...

Martin Van Buren: The Party-Building President Who Davy Crockett Described as Corseted, Aiding in His Defeat Without a serious and thorough consideration of Van Buren’s entire career — before and ...

Martin Van Buren was born on Dec. 5, 1782, the same day King George III announced hostilities with the United States were over and five days after the preliminary articles of the Treaty of Paris ...