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Kinderhook Kinderhook
Kinderhook , village (1990 pop. 1,293), Columbia co., SE N.Y.; settled before the Revolution, inc. 1838. Richard Upjohn designed St. Paul's Church (1851) there. President Martin Van Buren was born and is buried in Kinderhook; the Van Buren homestead, "Lindenwald," is south of the village. The... Read more
Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren 1782-1862, 8th President of the United States (1837-41), b. Kinderhook, Columbia co., N.Y. Early Career He was reared on his father's farm, was educated at local schools, and after reading law was admitted (1803) to the bar. He practiced law successfully and soon became active in... Read more
Barnburners Barnburners
Barnburners radical element of the Democratic party in New York state from 1842 to 1848, opposed to the conservative Hunkers . The name derives from the fabled Dutchman who burned his barn to rid it of rats; by implication, the Barnburners would destroy corporations and public works to do away... Read more
Anthony Van Dyck Anthony Van Dyck
Anthony Van Dyck The Flemish painter Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641) transformed the court portrait into a vehicle of great expressiveness. In the 17th century the city of Antwerp could boast three eminent artists—Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony Van Dyck... Read more
Albany Regency Albany Regency
Albany Regency name given, after 1820, to the leaders of the first political machine, which was developed in New York state by Martin Van Buren . The name derived from the charge that Van Buren's principal supporters, residing in Albany, managed the machine for him while he served in the U.S.... Read more
William Learned Marcy William Learned Marcy
William Learned Marcy 1786-1857, American politician, b. Southbridge, Mass. He settled in Troy, N.Y., where he practiced law and, after serving in the War of 1812, held local offices. A Democrat and a partisan of Martin Van Buren , Marcy entered the political group known as the Albany Regency ,... Read more
Free-Soil party Free-Soil party
Free-Soil party in U.S. history, political party that came into existence in 1847-48 chiefly because of rising opposition to the extension of slavery into any of the territories newly acquired from Mexico. The struggle in Congress over the Wilmot Proviso helped to consolidate the Free-Soil... Read more
Taliban Taliban
Taliban Radical Sunni political movement in Afghanistan. In 1996, from their headquarters in Kandahar, sw Afghanistan, Taliban militia launched themselves on Afghan society, vowing to spread Sharia (Islamic law) throughout the country. They soon captured Kabul. Taliban's philosophy is drawn from... Read more
James Kirke Paulding James Kirke Paulding
James Kirke Paulding , 1778-1860, American author and public official, Secretary of the Navy under Van Buren, b. near Millbrook, N.Y. He collaborated with Washington Irving and William Irving in producing the periodical Salmagundi. In addition, he wrote a number of satirical works, including John... Read more
Paul of Samosata Paul of Samosata
Paul of Samosata , fl. 260-72, Syrian Christian theologian, heretical patriarch of Antioch. He was a friend and high official of Zenobia of Palmyra. Paul enounced a dynamic monarchianism , denying the three Persons of the Trinity. He taught that the Logos came to dwell in Jesus at baptism, but... Read more

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