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8. Martin Van Buren: Vice Presidents with Octopuses on Their Heads

Jonathan Crow July 31, 2014

8. Martin Van Buren

President: Andrew Jackson, 1833-1837

Party: Democrat

State: Kentucky

Slave Owner: Yes

Born in Kinderhook, N.Y., Van Buren’s nickname was “Old Kinderhook.” That was shortened to “OK” in rallies for his failed 1840 reelection campaign. Somehow, that abbreviation evolved into the ubiquitous idiom. You can literally say that Van Buren was OK. 

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