Event
April 8, 2024
6:00 pm to TBD CDT
Location
Clement Railroad Hotel Museum at Hotel Halbrook State Historic Site 100 Frank Clement Place Dickson, TN 37055
About this event
The Clement Museum is proud to partner with the Dickson County Historical and Genealogical Society for a program on the history of America's Eighth President, Martin Van Buren, presented by Dr. Mark Cheathem.
A graduate of Cumberland University’s undergraduate history program, Mark R. Cheathem received his M.A. in history from Middle Tennessee State University and his Ph.D. in history from Mississippi State University. Cheathem’s main teaching and research interests focus on Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, nineteenth-century politics, southern history, and documentary editing.
Dr. Cheathem is the author or editor of nine books, including two award winners: Andrew Jackson, Southerner (2013 Tennessee History Book Award) and The Coming of Democracy: Presidential Campaigning in the Age of Jackson (2018 Phi Alpha Theta Best Subsequent Book Award). His most recent book is Who Is James K. Polk? The Presidential Election of 1844.
Dr. Cheathem has contributed to national and regional media outlets, including the Washington Post, C-SPAN, NBC News, the Los Angeles Times, CTV News, the Associated Press, Voice of America, the Nashville Tennessean, and History News Network.
Since 2015, Dr. Cheathem has been the project director and co-editor of the Papers of Martin Van Buren. Housed in Cumberland University’s Vise Library, this project is producing digital and print editions of the eighth president’s papers.
This event is free and open to the public.