Van Buren
| Martin Van Buren | |
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| 8th President of the United States | |
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In office March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841 |
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| Vice President | Richard M. Johnson |
| Preceded by | Andrew Jackson |
| Succeeded by | William Henry Harrison |
| 8th Vice President of the United States | |
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In office March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1837 |
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| President | Andrew Jackson |
| Preceded by | John C. Calhoun |
| Succeeded by | Richard M. Johnson |
| United States Minister to the United Kingdom | |
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In office August 8, 1831 – April 4, 1832 |
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| Nominated by | Andrew Jackson |
| Preceded by | Louis McLane |
| Succeeded by | Aaron Vail (Acting) |
| 10th United States Secretary of State | |
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In office March 28, 1829 – May 23, 1831 |
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| President | Andrew Jackson |
| Preceded by | Henry Clay |
| Succeeded by | Edward Livingston |
| 9th Governor of New York | |
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In office January 1, 1829 – March 12, 1829 |
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| Lieutenant | Enos T. Throop |
| Preceded by | Nathaniel Pitcher |
| Succeeded by | Enos T. Throop |
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United States Senator from New York |
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In office March 4, 1821 – December 20, 1828 |
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| Preceded by | Nathan Sanford |
| Succeeded by | Charles E. Dudley |
| Attorney General of New York | |
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In office February 17, 1815 – July 8, 1819 |
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| Preceded by | Abraham Van Vechten |
| Succeeded by | Thomas J. Oakley |
| Member of the New York State Senate | |
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In office 1813–1820 |
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| Preceded by | Edward Philip Livingston |
| Succeeded by | John I. Miller |
| Surrogate of Columbia County, New York | |
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In office 1808–1813 |
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| Preceded by | James I. Van Alen |
| Succeeded by | James Vanderpoel |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Maarten van Buren December 5, 1782 Kinderhook, New York, U.S. |
| Died | July 24, 1862 (aged 79) Kinderhook, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Kinderhook Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
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Democratic-Republican (1799–1828) Democratic (1828–48; 1852–62) Free Soil (1848–52) |
| Spouse(s) | Hannah Hoes (m. 1807; d. 1819) |
| Children | Abraham, John, Martin Jr., Smith, and Winfield. |
| Profession | Lawyer, politician |
| Religion | Dutch Reformed |
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| The Van Buren Cabinet | ||
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| Office | Name | Term |
| President | Martin Van Buren | 1837–1841 |
| Vice President | Richard Mentor Johnson | 1837–1841 |
| Secretary of State | John Forsyth | 1837–1841 |
| Secretary of Treasury | Levi Woodbury | 1837–1841 |
| Secretary of War | Joel R. Poinsett | 1837–1841 |
| Attorney General | Benjamin Butler | 1837–1838 |
| Felix Grundy | 1838–1840 | |
| Henry D. Gilpin | 1840–1841 | |
| Postmaster General | Amos Kendall | 1837–1840 |
| John M. Niles | 1840–1841 | |
| Secretary of the Navy | Mahlon Dickerson | 1837–1838 |
| James K. Paulding | 1838–1841 | |
Martin Van Buren (Dutch: Maarten van Buren 
pronunciation ; December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was an American politician who served as the eighth President of the United States (1837–41). A member of the Democratic Party, he served in a number of other senior roles, including eighth Vice President (1833–37) and tenth Secretary of State (1829–31), both under Andrew Jackson. Van Buren won the presidency by promising to continue Jackson's policies. Shortly after taking office, the Panic of 1837 struck the nation, and his inability to deal effectively with the economic crisis, combined with the growing political strength of the opposition Whig Party, led to his defeat in the 1840 presidential election. During his half-century of public service, he built, perfected, and defended a new system of political parties at first the state and then the federal level. In New York he reorganized the Democratic-Republican Party and established the Albany Regency to keep it in power. He then moved on Washington where he did more than anyone to construct the modern Democratic Party which dominated American politics down to the American Civil War.
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