This 36-room mansion sits on what used to be the main road between New York City and Albany. Washington Irving cranked out ...

According to the White House Historical Association, Andrew Johnson, Martin Van Buren, John Adams, and John Quincy Adams did not attend these ceremonies either.

The Van Buren pearls are in the Smithsonian. Van Buren was pretty stupid, according to the logic of President Donald Trump, who is tired of riding around in 40-year-old jets.

The Van Buren pearls are in the Smithsonian. Van Buren was pretty stupid, according to the logic of President Donald Trump, who is tired of riding around in 40-year-old jets.

But none of this was a bother. Because, despite those four long years at the White House, Van Buren committed himself to two more presidential campaigns, both managed (and failed) at his estate.

By tweeting his plan to boycott Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20, 2021, Donald Trump violated a 150-year precedent. Only five other presidents in history—including John Adams and Andrew ...

John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren and Andrew Johnson did not attend their successor’s inaugurations, The White House Historical Association says.

Four other presidents have missed their successor’s inauguration, however, Trump was the first to do so in over 150 years, according to the Council on Foreign Relations. John Adams, John Quincy Adams, ...

When Martin Van Buren arrived in Washington to be sworn in as a senator in 1821, he told a friend he planned to “build up a party” for himself. It was an odd time to be party-mongering, and ...

Right: Martin Van Buren Bates standing next to an average-sized man. Anna Haining Swan was born on August 6, 1846, in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia. Her parents were both of average height and weight, so ...