Martin Van Buren // #8

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Written By Heather Rogers, America's Preeminent Presidential Doodler

VICE PRESIDENT TO ANDREW JACKSON / #7

Martin Van Buren, with wisps blowing

  • First president born in the U.S.

  • I’ve heard over and over that English was his second language; his first was Dutch. Biographer James M. Bradley points out there’s no primary-source evidence that indicates his first language was Dutch.

  • Had a super-fancy, innovative toilet (one of the country’s first indoor toilets!)

  • His home was “commodious,” which disappointingly means “big” and has nothing to do with his fancy commode

  • Trail of Tears

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Heather Rogers, America's Preeminent Presidential Doodler

Heather isn’t a historian, an academic, or an impartial storyteller… but she has read more than one book about every U.S. president. Out of spite. She was dubbed America’s Preeminent Presidential Doodler by one of her favorite authors and she’s been repeating it ever since. When she’s not reading or doodling history books, she’s a freelance graphic designer and illustrator.

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