馬丁范布倫第一次接觸政治，是在他父親於紐約肯德胡克（Kinderhook）開設的小酒館裡，該酒館是政治人物在往來紐約首府阿爾巴尼（Albany）與紐約市之間時的落腳之處，也許就是因為這樣給了范布倫從政的鼓勵，長大之後成為參議員、首席檢察官，並逐步建立起稱之為阿爾巴尼政治圈（Albany Regency）的個人政治「機器」（組織）。

范布倫運用這個組織的力量參選參議員、在華盛頓的參議院繼續對紐約的政治發揮影響力，范布倫如何獲得「小魔術師」（Little Magician）以及「肯德胡克紅狐狸」（Red Fox of Kinderhook）的稱號？

Martin Van Buren was first exposed to politics in his father's tavern in Kinderhook, New York, which was patronized by politicians traveling between the state capital at Albany and New York City. Maybe this was inspiration for Van Buren, who grew up to serve as a state senator and attorney general before creating his own powerful political "machine" (organization) called the "Albany Regency."

Van Buren used the Regency's power to get elected to the U.S. Senate and continued to dominate New York politics from his Senate office in Washington. How did Van Buren earn the nicknames "Little Magician" and "Red Fox of Kinderhook"?

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