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Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States





Term[]

8th President of the United States
Democratic
March 4, 1837 - March 4, 1841 (54-58)
Preceded by Andrew Jackson
Succeeded by William Henry Harrison


8th Vice President of the United States
March 4, 1833 - March 4, 1837 (50-54)
Preceded by John C. Calhoun
Succeeded by Richard Mentor Johnson


14th US Minister to the United Kingdom
August 8, 1831 - April 4, 1832 (48-49)
Appointed by Andrew Jackson
Preceded by Louis McLane
Succeeded by Aaron Vail


16th Secretary of State of the United States
March 28, 1829 - May 23, 1831 (46-48)
Preceded by James Alexander Hamilton
Succeeded by Edward Livingston


11th Governor of New York
January 1, 1829 - March 12, 1829 (46)
Preceded by Nathaniel Pitcher
Succeeded by Enos T. Throop


US Senator from New York
March 4, 1821 - December 20, 1828 (38-46)
Preceded by Nathan Sanford
Succeeded by Charles E. Dudley


14th Attorney General of New York
February 17, 1815 - July 8, 1819 (32-36)
Preceded by Abraham Van Vechten
Succeeded by Thomas J. Oakley


Member of the New York State Senate
July 1, 1813 - June 30, 1820 (30-37)
Preceded by Edward Philip Livingston
Succeeded by John Miller


Surrogate of Columbia County, New York
1808 - 1813 (26-31)
Preceded by James I. Van Alen
Succeeded by James Vanderpoel


Life Data[]

Full Name Martin Van Buren
Birth December 5, 1782

Kinderhook, New York

Occupation Lawyer
Death July 24, 1862 (79 years)

Kinderhook, New York


Parents[]

Father Abraham Van Buren
Birth February 17, 1737
Marriage 1776 - February 16, 1817 (40-41 years, widowed)
Death April 8, 1817 (80 years)


Mother Maria Hoes
Birth January 14, 1748
First Marriage Johannes Van Alen (1744-73, m.1767-73, 6 years widowed)
Second Marriage Abraham Van Buren (1737-1818, m.1776-1817, 41 years died)
Death February 16, 1817 (69 years)


Maternal Half-Siblings[]

Maternal Half-Sibling 1 Maria Van Alen
Birth August 20, 1768
Marriage John Hoes (1763-1838, m.1786-1829, 43 years died)
Children Hannah, Maria
Death September 1, 1829 (61 years)


Maternal Half-Sibling 2 John Van Alen
Birth July 15, 1770
Death April 13, 1805 (34 years)


Maternal Half-Sibling 3 James Isaac Van Alen
Birth December 31, 1772
Death May 18, 1822 (49 years)


Maternal Half-Sibling 4 Lydia Van Alen
Birth September 24, 1774
Death September 24, 1774 (less than a day)


Full Siblings[]

Sibling 1 Derike Van Buren
Birth 1777
Marriage Barent Hoes (1778-1851, m.1806-51, 45 years widowed)
Children Maria, Christina, Johannes, Jane, John, Abraham, Peter, Cantine
Death October 18, 1865 (87-88 years)


Sibling 2 Hannah Van Buren
Birth January 16, 1780
Death January 19, 1838 (58 years)


Sibling 3 Lawrence Van Buren
Birth January 1, 1786
Marriage Harriet Vosburgh (1788-1849, m.1820-49, 29 years widowed)
Children Mary, Catharine, Lucretia, Myndert, Martin, Jane, Martin
Death July 1, 1868 (82 years)


Sibling 4 Abraham Van Buren
Birth May 11, 1788
Marriage Elizabeth Landt (1791-1868, m.1810-36, 26 years died)
Children Maria, Martin, Sarah, Ada
Death October 30, 1836 (48 years)


Paternal Grandparents[]

Paternal Grandfather Martin Pieterse Van Buren
Birth September 28, 1701
Father Pieter Martense Van Buren (1670-1755)
Mother Arianntje Barentsen Meindersen (1673-1719)
Marriage November 7, 1729 - July 24, 1762 (32 years, died)
Death July 24, 1762 (60 years)


Paternal Grandmother Dirckje Van Alstyne
Birth April 30, 1710
Father Abraham Janse Van Alstyne (1650-1713)
Mother Marritje Teuwisse Mateuisse Van Deusen (1673-1750)
Children 3 sons, 6 daughters
Death 1798 (87-88 years)


Maternal Grandparents[]

Maternal Grandfather Johannes Hoes
Birth May 1700
Father Dirk Janssen Hoes (1675-1732)
Mother Elisabeth Lybetje Lykassen Wyngaart (1680-1720)
Marriage April 20, 1724 - 1757 (32-33 years, widowed)
Death 1779 (78-79 years)


Maternal Grandmother Jannetje Laurense Van Schaick
Birth March 25, 1705
Father Laurens Claeszen Van Schaick (1675-1728)
Mother Jannetje Oothoudt (1678-1733)
Children 4 sons, 3 daughters
Death 1757 (51-52 years)


Marriage[]

Wife Hannah Hoes
Birth March 8, 1783
Father John Dirksen Hoes (1753-89)
Mother Maria Quackenbosch (1754-1832)
Marriage February 21, 1807 - February 5, 1819 (11 years, widowed)
Death February 5, 1819 (35 years)


Child 1[]

Full Name Abraham Van Buren
Birth November 27, 1807
Death March 15, 1873 (65 years)


Marriages
Wife Sarah Angelica Singleton (1818-77) November 27, 1838 - March 15, 1873 (34 years, died)


Children
Child 1 Rebecca Van Buren (1840-40)
Child 2 Singleton Abraham Van Buren (1841-79)
Child 3 Martin Van Buren (1844-85)
Child 4 Travis Coles Van Buren (1848-89)


Child 2[]

Full Name John Van Buren
Birth February 18, 1810
Death October 13, 1866 (56 years)


Marriages
Wife Elizabeth Vanderpoel (1810-44) June 22, 1841 - November 18, 1844 (3 years, widowed)


Children
Child 1 Sarah Anna Vanderpoel Van Buren (1842-1923) m.1870 Edward Duer (1840-1906) 5 sons, 3 daughters


Child 3[]

Full Name Martin Van Buren Jr.
Birth December 20, 1812
Death March 19, 1855 (42 years)


Child 4[]

Full Name Winfield Scott Van Buren
Birth 1814
Death 1814 (less than a year)


Child 5[]

Full Name Smith Thompson Van Buren
Birth January 16, 1817
Death December 11, 1876 (59 years)


Marriages
First Wife Ellen King James (1823-49) June 18, 1842 - October 30, 1849 (7 years, widowed)
Second Wife Henrietta Eckford Irving (1832-1921) February 1, 1855 - December 11, 1876 (21 years, died)


Children from First Marriage
Child 1 Ellen James Van Buren (1844-1929) m.1868 Stuyvesant Morris (1843-1928) 3 sons, 2 daughters
Child 2 Edward Livingston Van Buren (1848-73)
Child 3 Catherine Barber Van Buren (1849-1922) m.1875 Peyton Miller (1846-1920)


Children from Second Marriage
Child 4 Martin Van Buren (1856-1942)
Child 5 Eliza Eckford Van Buren (1857-1936)
Child 6 Marion Irving Van Buren (1861-1928) m.1893 Hamilton Emmons (1864-1933) 1 son, 1 daughter


Presidential Cabinet (1837-41)[]

Vice President
9 Richard Mentor Johnson (1780-1850) 1837-41 (4 years) Kentucky

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