The term appears to have achieved national prominence in 1840 , when supporters of the American Democratic political party claimed during the 1840 United States presidential election that it stood for `` Old Kinderhook , '' a nickname for a Democratic presidential candidate , Martin Van Buren , a native of Kinderhook , New York , who was Andrew Jackson 's protégé . ''
The term appears to have achieved prominence in the United States in 1840 , when supporters of the American Democratic political party claimed during the 1840 United States presidential election that it stood for `` Old Kinderhook , '' a nickname for a Democratic presidential candidate , Martin Van Buren , a native of Kinderhook , New York . ''