生于: 1782年12月5日
死于: 1862年7月24日
马丁范布伦是美国第八任总统，也是第一位于美国独立宣言正是签署后出生的总统。
身为荷兰移民的后裔，范布伦也是第一位非出自不列颠群岛人民后裔的总统，他以娴熟的政治技巧着称，将自己定位为汤玛士杰佛逊的的信徒，也是民主党的创党元老之一。
马丁范布伦是常用语 “OK” 的发明者，他来自纽约的肯德胡克（Kinderhook）、该地的别称是「老肯德胡克」- “Old Kinderhook” ﹣ 而范布伦竞选美国总统时、来自故乡的助选团就取名为「老肯德胡克俱乐部」（Old Kinderhook Club），自此OK这个说法便成为 “一切都好” 之意被广泛使用。
Martin Van Buren was the eighth president and the first to be born in the newly independent nation.
As the descendant of Dutch immigrants, he was also the first president whose ethnic background wasn't mostly from the British Isles. He was best known for his shrewd political skills. He considered himself a follower of Thomas Jefferson and was one of the founders of the Democratic Party.
We have Van Buren to thank for the expression "OK." He was from Kinderhook, New York, which was sometimes referred to as "Old Kinderhook." "O.K. Clubs" were created to support Van Buren's political campaigns, and the expression "OK" came to mean "all right."
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