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100	1		_aWidmer, Ted _921776
245	1	0	_aMartin Van Buren / _cTed Widmer.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bTimes Books, _c2005.
300			_axviii, 189 p. : _bport. ; _c22 cm.
490	1		_aThe American presidents
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThe first president born after America's independence ushers in a new era of no-holds-barred democracy 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. 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 to be denied a second term. His many years of outfoxing his opponents finally caught up with him. Ted Widmer, a veteran of the Clinton White House, vividly brings to life the chaos and contention that plagued Van Buren's presidency-and ultimately offered an early lesson in the power of democracy. A portrait of the mid-nineteenth-century president considers his roles as the first president born after American independence, the first ethnic president, and the first New Yorker to hold the office, describing his failed efforts to control such issues as slavery and the great banking panic of 1837
600	1	0	_aVan Buren, Martin, _d1782-1862. _912603
650		0	_aPresidents _zUnited States _vBiography. _912546
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1837-1841. _921777
830		0	_aAmerican presidents series (Times Books (Firm)) _921778
856	4	2	_zPublisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/ description/hol053/2004053652.html
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