The grand national caravan moving east. / drawn by Hassan Straightshan...
A burlesque parade, led by Andrew Jackson and satirizing various aspects of his administration. The procession moves from right to left. At its head is Jackson, seated on a horse with Martin Van Buren cross-le... More
Treasury note, Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon
A parody of the often worthless fractional currencies or "shinplasters" issued by banks, businesses, and municipalities in lieu of coin. These fractional notes proliferated during the Panic of 1837 with the eme... More
All the West going for Matty - Public domain book illustration, Librar...
A Whig cartoon spoofing Democratic claims of Western support for Van Buren during the election of 1840. Pursued by animals from the "Alleghany Mountains" and the Mississippi River, including among others a buf... More
The fox hunt. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Again Van Buren's flirtation with radical interests is portrayed as his downfall. As in "The Modern Colossus" (no. 1848-56) antislavery activist Abby Folsom (here "Abby Fulsome") is prominently featured. Here s... More
The buffalo hunt - Drawing. Public domain image.
An optimistic view of the presidential prospects of Martin Van Buren, nominated at the Free Soil Party's August 1848 convention in Buffalo, New York. Here Van Buren rides a buffalo and thumbs his nose as he se... More
Patent balancing by an amateur - Public domain book illustration, Libr...
New York "Tribune" editor Horace Greeley is ridiculed for vacillating between support of candidates Martin Van Buren and Zachary Taylor in the presidential election of 1848. Greeley balances precariously on a t... More
Martin Van Buren - Public domain painting
Date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of painting at Metropolitan Museum of Art. "0293[...]" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M409. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Martin Van Buren, residence in Kinderhook, New York. View to tower
Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Martin Van Buren, residence in Kinderhook, New York. General view from...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Token on Martin Van Buren - Public domain dedication photo
A brown plaque of a seal of the united states of america, with the eagle on the crest, North America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Martin Van Buren - Andrew Jackson correspondence
Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
The Smokey Hollow Community, Informal boundaries by street name: North...
Significance: The story of Smokey Hollow forces us to rethink historical narratives of government's exercise of eminent domain in the mid-twentieth century on established African American neighborhoods. Through... More
The Smokey Hollow Community, Informal boundaries by street name: North...
Significance: The story of Smokey Hollow forces us to rethink historical narratives of government's exercise of eminent domain in the mid-twentieth century on established African American neighborhoods. Through... More
[5 Ohio election tickets For President Martin Van Buren For Vice Presi...
5 tickets. various sizes. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 232, Folder 1.
Martin Van Buren, president of the United States
Portrait shows Van Buren standing in a full-length view, facing right. Reproduction of 1839 painting by Henry Inman.
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Sub treasurers taking long steps, or The magician broke down
Entered according to Act of Congress, in 1838 by H.R. Robinson, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Southern District of N.Y. Printed & published by H.R. Robinson, 52 Cortlandt & 11 ... More
[Former President Martin Van Buren, half-length portrait, facing right...
LC-BH824-5239. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Granny Harrison delivering the country of the executive Federalist
A satire on the Van Buren administration challenged by Whig presidential candidate William Henry Harrison. Harrison, dressed as a woman, tries to remove Van Buren from his throne with a midwife's forceps. Van... More
Martin Van Buren, residence in Kinderhook, New York. General view, clo...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Martin Van Buren, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Print shows Martin Van Buren, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Title from mount. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
Martin Van Buren. Eighth president of the United States
Half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A New York Army National Guard Color Guard and Honor
A New York Army National Guard Color Guard and Honor Guard mark the 234th birthday of President Martin Van Buren during a wreath laying ceremony at Van Buren's grave site in Kinderhook, New York on Monday, Dec.... More
The monument marking the resting place of President
The monument marking the resting place of President Martin Van Buren in the Kinderhook Dutch Reformed Cemetery. Nicknmaed "Old Kinderhook" Van Buren was born in this Hudson Valley village and lived out the last... More
Pilgrims' progress - Political cartoon, public domain image
Democratic party war-horse Andrew Jackson appears frequently in the satires of the 1844 election campaign. Here, wearing a long frock coat and tall hat, he leads a donkey carrying Democratic candidates Polk and... More
[Martin Van Buren.] - Public domain portrait engraving
Public domain reproduction of art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The modern balaam and his ass - Political cartoon, public domain image
Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)
C. P. White to Martin Van Buren, May 4, 1835
Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Van Buren, Martin - Public domain portrait engraving
Public domain photo of man portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Troubled treasures. Book illustration from Library of Congress
A crudely drawn anti-Jackson satire, applauding Henry Clay's orchestration of Congressional resistance to the President's plan to withdraw Treasury funds from the Bank of the United States. The print also attac... More
The experiment in full operation, Political Cartoon
An anti-Jackson satire, critical of the President's federal treasury policy and of Vice-President Van Buren's influence on the administration's fiscal program. The print specifically attacks Jackson's plan to d... More
General Jackson slaying the many headed monster
A satire on Andrew Jackson's campaign to destroy the Bank of the United States and its support among state banks. Jackson, Martin Van Buren, and Jack Downing struggle against a snake with heads representing the... More
The little magician's sleight of hand performance. An absquabulating s...
Again the theme of corruption in the Van Buren administration, here centering on the President's "Sub-Treasury" or independent treasury program, passed by Congress in July 1840. A large frigate "United States,... More
Silhouette Portrait of Martin Van Buren
William Henry Brown (American, Charleston, South Carolina 1808–1883 Charleston, South Carolina)
Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Newsam, A.
Martin Van Buren head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left / D. Dickins...
Print shows Martin Van Buren, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Inscribed in ink at top of verso: No. 35. Deposited Jany. 31. 1844 By D. Dickinson... More
New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Major David
New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Major David Piwowarski and Brig. Gen. John Adonie, render honors to President Martin Van Buren, the 8th president of the United States, during a Dec. 5, 2018 ceremony a... More
Capt. Xiomara Diaz, a Chaplain for the N.Y. Air National
Capt. Xiomara Diaz, a Chaplain for the N.Y. Air National Guard, gives remarks during a ceremony commemorating the birthday of Martin Van Buren at the Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery in Kinderhook, New York.... More
Political race course - Union Track - fall races 1836
A figurative portrayal -- clearly sympathetic to the Whig party -- of the 1836 presidential election contest as a horse race between four candidates. The four are identified in the legend as (left to right): "O... More
Martin van Buren. - Public domain portrait engraving
Public domain image of a male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Inklings of travel, up Salt River
A broad satire, ridiculing all of the candidates in the 1848 presidential campaign. Swimming up "Salt River" and pulling the "Salt River Barge" is fox Martin van Buren. Seated in the barge are (left to right):... More
Martin Van Buren: eighth President of the United states
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4378
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Van Buren, Martin - Public domain portrait engraving
Public domain photograph of male portrait print, engraving, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Whig bazaar - Political cartoon, public domain image
Publd. by H.R. Robinson, 52 Cortlandt St. N-York. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1837 by H.R. Robinson, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern Distr... More
Williams' shaving soap The leader through 20 administrations.
Advertisement for Williams' shaving soap showing head-and-shoulder portraits of Martin Van Buren and William McKinley. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Illus. in: Collier's, v. 26, no... More
Martin Van Buren, residence in Kinderhook, New York. General view from...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Martin Van Buren, President of the United States / from life & on ston...
Print shows Martin Van Buren, half-length portrait, facing front; includes facsimile signature. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Li... More
New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Major Frank
New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Major Frank Wicks and Brig. Gen. Raymond Shields, Director of Joint Staff for the New York National Guard present a wreath from President Barack Obama during a ceremo... More
Martin Van Buren, U.S. Secretary of State
Martin Van Buren, U.S. Secretary of State, March 28, 1829 to March 23, 1831
James Madison to Martin Van Buren, December 11, 1830.
Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.
[Martin Van Buren.] - Henry Bryan Hall
Public domain illustrated book page scan, related to arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
Lindenwald, 1013 Old Post Road, Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY
Significance: Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, New York, was the home of Martin Van Buren from 1839-1862. Van Buren served as the State Senator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Court of St. J... More
"This is the house that Jack built . . ."
Caricature shows Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Francis Blair, William J. Duane, and others, with various animals. A crudely-drawn, anonymous satire on the Jackson Administration, alleging political intrigue... More
Disturbing a martin's nest - Public domain portrait painting
A satire on the Van Buren administration's involvement in New York State politics. Although the precise context of the cartoon is unclear, specific reference is made to Van Buren's alliance with postmaster gene... More
A peep into futurity, or a picture of 1841
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1838 by H.R. Robinson, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Southern District of New York. Printed & published by H.R. Robinson, 52 C... More
Going up Salt River - Public domain book illustration, Library of Cong...
Political cartoons friendly to Van Buren were the rare exception during the 1840 campaign. Here the artist parodies the exploitation by Whig politicians of populist candidate William Henry Harrison. Martin Van ... More
Caricature, An interesting family, public domain cartoon image
A caricature of Martin Van Buren as an opossum. The marsupial, with a smirking Van Buren's head, rises on its hindquarters and displays in its pouch three of its "young." They are administration insiders (left... More
Presidents of the United States, [Bouclet & Feusier portraits of the P...
Portrays 16 Presidents. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Martin Van Buren, residence in Kinderhook, New York. Entrance detail
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
New York Army National Guard Spc. Craig Smith, a member
New York Army National Guard Spc. Craig Smith, a member of the New York Military Forces Honor Guard, waits to sound taps during a ceremony honoring President Martin Van Buren held on Dec. 5. 2013. Brig Gen. Ray... More
Medal of Martin Van Buren - Public domain dedication photo
A bronze medal with the words peace and friendship, North America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Frank
New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Frank Wicks waits with the wreath from President Barack Obama during a ceremony marking the 231st birthday of President Martin Van Buren held here on Dec. 5, 2013.... More
The Smokey Hollow Community, Informal boundaries by street name: North...
Significance: The story of Smokey Hollow forces us to rethink historical narratives of government's exercise of eminent domain in the mid-twentieth century on established African American neighborhoods. Through... More
The Smokey Hollow Community, Informal boundaries by street name: North...
Significance: The story of Smokey Hollow forces us to rethink historical narratives of government's exercise of eminent domain in the mid-twentieth century on established African American neighborhoods. Through... More