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The Little Magician Van Buren and a Civil War Era
The article outlines Martin Van Buren once nicknamed the Little Magician and later the Great Magician. It covers his rise from a tavern keeper’s son to New York governor and U.S. senator, his role under Andrew Jackson, and his political defeats over Texas annexation and slavery. It notes his posthumous reevaluation by scholars and his death in 1862 amid the Civil War.
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Martin van Buren
Little Magician
the Red Fox
Andrew Jackson
Red Fox
House
American Historical Association
van Buren
Library of Congress
Martin
Harrison
Texas
James K. Polk
Tennessee
Free Soilers
Republican Party
Abraham Lincoln
Datron Saint
Democratic Party
Kinderhook
Maria Hoes van Buren
Kinderhook Academy
Francis Silvester
Silvester
Valatie
Columbia County
Thomas Jefferson
New Republican
Troy
Hannah Hoes
Hudson
State Senate
Erie
Champlain
New York
United States Senate
Calhoun
Jackson
Old Hickory
United States
Bank of the United States
Henry Clay
Kentucky
Daniel Webster
Massachusetts
John C. Calhoun
South Carolina
Eaton
Peggy O'Neal
van Burean
Peggy
Barry
John Calhoun
Senate
Lindenwald
Billy van Ness
John Tyler
Polk
Van
Union