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Acknowledgments
I would like to thank all the people who provided encouragement of one kind or another during the writing of this book, including Dan Aaron, Bob Allison, Tina Bennett, John Bethell, Alan Brinkley, Doug Brinkley, Alex Chilton, Bill Clinton, Robin Dennis, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Adam Goodheart, Max Kennedy, Thomas LeBien, David Michaelis, Kees de Mooy, Maura Pierce, Mary Rhinelander, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Josh Shenk, Elisabeth Sifton, Jean Sucharewicz, Patricia West, Freddy Widmer, and Sean Wilentz. I am also grateful to the librarians at Harvard University, the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, and Washington College.
Index
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Adams, Charles Francis
Adams, Henry
Adams, John
Adams, John Quincy
campaign of 1840 and
death of
diaries of
as president
slavery and
Adelaide, Queen of the Netherlands
Age of Jackson, The (Schlesinger)
Albany Argus
“Albany Regency, the,”
Amistad
André, John
Arnold, Benedict
Astor, John Jacob
Autobiography of Martin Van Buren
Bancroft, George
Bank of the United States
Benton, Thomas Hart
Biddle, Nicholas
Blair, Francis Preston
Blair, Frank
Blair, Montgomery
Bledsoe, Albert T.
Brown, John
Brownson, Orestes
Buchanan, James
Buckingham, James Silk
Bull Moose party
Burnside, Ambrose E.
Burr, Aaron
death of
duel with Hamilton
“Little Band” of
resemblance between Van Buren and
run for governor of New York
Van Buren as bastard son of, rumors of
Bush, George H. W.
Bush, George W.
Butler, Benjamin
Butler, William Allen
Calhoun, John C.
death of
Eaton affair and
sectional divisions and nullification doctrine
slavery issue and
Texas annexation and
–Van Buren relationship
as vice president
Canada
capitalism
Caro, Robert
Caroline affair
Carroll, Charles
Cass, Lewis
caucus, party
census of 1840
Charles River Bridge case
Cherokees
Chinn, Julia
Cilley, Jonathan
Civil War
Clay, Henry
Clermont (steamboat)
Cleveland, Grover
Clinton, Bill
Clinton, DeWitt
described
as governor of New York
Clinton, George
Congress, U.S.
House of Representatives, see House of Representatives
Senate, see Senate, U.S.
Congressional Globe
Constitution, U.S.
Crawford, William
credit, availability of
Crockett, Davy
daguerreotypes, first
Darnton, Robert
“Dear Abby,”
debtors, imprisonment of
democracy
in Europe
Jacksonian
two-party system and
Van Buren’s commitment to
Democratic Party (the Democracy)
conventions
creation of
Jackson’s election and
platform of 1840
two-thirds of delegates required for presidential nomination
Van Buren’s shaping of
Doonesbury
Douglas, Stephen
Douglass, Frederick (né Frederick Bailey)
Eaton, John
Eaton, Peggy
E. C. Booz Distillery
Edmonds, John
Edwards, Jonathan
1830s, inventions of
Eis
enhower, Dwight D.
elections, presidential, see presidential elections
Emancipation Proclamation
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
England
balance of trade with
border disputes with
Van Buren as minister to
War of 1812
Erie Canal
Exposition and Protest, Calhoun’s
Fairfield, John
federal deficit
federal government, states’ rights versus power of
Federalist Party
changes in American culture and
federal surplus
federal workers, ten-hour day for
fiscal policy, instruments of
France
Free Soil campaign of
French and Indian War
French Revolution
Friedman, Pauline Esther
Fulton, Robert
Goodyear, Charles
Gore, Al
Graham, Sylvester
Grant, Ulysses S.
Graves, William
“Great New England Path,”
“Great Wall of China, The,”
Greeley, Horace
Half Moon
Hamilton, Alexander
duel with Burr
Hamilton, James
Hamilton, John
Hamlin, Hannibal
Hammet, William
Hammond, Jabez
Harrison, William Henry
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Hayes, Rutherford B.
Hayne, Robert
Hemings, Sally
Hill, Isaac
History of Political Parties in the State of New York, The (Hammond)
Hone, Philip
Hoover, Herbert
House of Representatives, U.S.
gag rule on slavery in
presidential election of 1824 and
Hudson, Henry
Hudson, New York
Hudson Valley, New York
economy of
history of
landed gentry of
immigration
Indians, American
Inquiry into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States (Van Buren)
internal improvements
inventions
Ireland
Irving, Washington
Jackson, Andrew
Battle of New Orleans and
death of
inauguration
Kitchen Cabinet
Maysville Road veto
presidential election of
slavery and
Texas’ admission to the Union and
Van Buren and
Jackson, Rachel
Jacksonian democracy
Jefferson, Thomas
agrarian republic and
death of
“factions” and
Van Buren’s relationship with
Jefferson Day dinner, toasts at
Johnson, Andrew
Johnson, Lyndon B.
Johnson, Richard Mentor
Kafka, Franz
Kendall, Amos
Kennedy, John F.
Kennedy, Joseph
Kerry, John
Kinderhook, New York
politics and
Van Buren’s return in 1841
King, Rufus
labor
landed gentry
League of Nations
Leaves of Grass (Whitman)
Leggett, William
Lewis, Morgan
Liberty party
Life of Martin Van Buren, The (Crockett)
Lincoln, Abraham
slavery and
Van Buren and
Lindenwald (Van Buren home)
Washington Irving and
Livingston, Edward
Livingston family
Locofocos
Lodge, Henry Cabot
Log Cabin
Log Cabin campaign of 1840
Longfellow, Henry
Lovejoy, Elisha P.
Macon, Nathaniel
Madison, Dolley
Madison, James
Manifest Destiny
Marcy, William L.
Marie Antoinette
Martineau, Harriet
Martin Van Buren: Lawyer, Statesman and Man (Butler)
Martin Van Buren to the End of His Public Career (Bancroft)
Melville, Gansevoort
Melville, Herman
Mexican War
Mexico
Missouri, admission to the Union of
Monroe, James, and Monroe administration
Morrill Act
Morse, Samuel
Mussolini, Benito
Nader, Ralph
National Intelligencer
Native Americans
Newburgh, New York
New Orleans, Battle of
New York City, New York
as commercial capital
population of
reception for Van Buren on leaving the presidency
Van Buren moves to, as young man
New York Constitutional Convention of 1821
New York Public Library
New York State
abolition of slavery in
“Albany Regency, the,”
division of New York Democracy into Hunkers and Barnburners
electoral strength of
governor’s race of 1828
patronage system in
presidential election of 1844 and
during the Revolutionary War
rewriting of rules of government of
Van Buren as first president from
Van Buren as governor of
vastness of, in eighteenth century
–Virginia alliance
during War of 1812
New York State Senate:
Classification Bill
Van Buren as senator
Ogle, Charles
“OK,” origins of the phrase
Osceola
O’Sullivan, John Louis
Ottoman Empire
Pacific Railroad Act
Panic of 1837
foreshadowing of
Parker, Theodore
Partisan Leader, The (Tucker)
Parton, James
patronage system
patroons, see landed gentry
Paulding, James K.
Perot, Ross
Pierce, Franklin
Pinckney, Henry
political parties
Founding Fathers’ view of
single party, inadequacy of a
third parties, see third parties
two-party system, see two-party system
see also individual parties
Polk, James
Pound, Ezra
preemptive war
presidential elections
of 1800
of 1824
of 1828
of 1832
of 1836
of 1840
of 1844
of 1848
presidential electors, direct vote for
progressivism, roots of
railroads
Randolph, Ellen
Randolph, John
Reagan, Ronald
Rensselaerswyck
Republican Party (founded in 1850s)
Republican Party (Jeffersonian Republicans)
“Resurgemus,”
Revolutionary War
Richmond Junto
“Rip Van Winkle,”
Ritchie, Thomas
Rockefeller, John D.
Rogers, Will
Roman Catholics
Roosevelt, Cornelius V. S.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Hudson Valley roots
Roosevelt, Theodore
Saratoga, battle of
Saratoga, New York
Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr.
scientific expeditions
Scott, Winfield
sectional divisions
secession of the Southern states
slavery and, see slavery
Seminoles
Senate, U.S.
class of 1782
Judiciary Committee
Van Buren as senator
Van Buren’s election to
Van Buren’s maiden speech in
Seventy Cantos (Pound)
Seward, William H.
Shays’s Rebellion
Silvester, Francis
Simms, William Gilmore
Singleton, Angelica
Skull and Bones Society
slavery
abolitionism
admission of states to the Union and, see Missouri, admission to the Union of; Texas, admission to the Union and slavery issue
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln and
mood of 1830s
in New York
Van Buren and issue of
see Van Buren, Martin, slavery and voting rights for freemen
Sorrento, Italy
South, the, see sectional divisions
South Carolina, secession of
Specie Circular
speculators
states’ rights
nullification and
power of federal government versus
Strong, George Templeton
suffrage improvements during Van Buren’s federal career
Sumner, Charles
Supreme Court
Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles-Maurice de
Tallmadge, James
Tammany Hall
tariffs
Tariff of Abominations
Taylor, John
Taylor, Zachary
Tecumseh
telegraph
Texas, admission to the Union and slavery issue
1844 presidential election and
third parties
Free Soil party
Liberty party
Thirty Years’ View (Benton)
Thoreau, Henry
Tilden, Samuel
Tocqueville, Alexis de
Tompkins, Daniel
Tower, Charlemagne
Treasury, independent
Trudeau, Garry
Truman, Harry S.
Tucker, Nathaniel Beverley
Turkey
Turner, Frederick Jackson
Turner, Nat
two-party system
Founding Fathers, vision of the
New York politics prior to
Tyler, John
United States Exploring Expedition
United States Magazine and Democratic Review
Upjohn, Richard
urban North
concern for urban poor
population growth and political power of
Van Alen family
Van Buren, Abraham (father)
marriage of
political affiliations
as slave owner
Van Buren, Abraham (son)
Van Buren, Cornelis
Van Buren, Hannah Hoes (wife)