Term[]
8th President of the United States |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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March 28, 1829 - May 23, 1831 (46-48) |
Preceded by James Alexander Hamilton |
Succeeded by Edward Livingston |
11th Governor of New York |
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January 1, 1829 - March 12, 1829 (46) |
Preceded by Nathaniel Pitcher |
Succeeded by Enos T. Throop |
US Senator from New York |
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March 4, 1821 - December 20, 1828 (38-46) |
Preceded by Nathan Sanford |
Succeeded by Charles E. Dudley |
14th Attorney General of New York |
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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 |
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July 1, 1813 - June 30, 1820 (30-37) |
Preceded by Edward Philip Livingston |
Succeeded by John Miller |
Surrogate of Columbia County, New York |
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1808 - 1813 (26-31) |
Preceded by James I. Van Alen |
Succeeded by James Vanderpoel |
Life Data[]
Full Name | Martin Van Buren |
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Birth | December 5, 1782
Kinderhook, New York |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Death | July 24, 1862 (79 years)
Kinderhook, New York |
Parents[]
Father | Abraham Van Buren |
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Birth | February 17, 1737 |
Marriage | 1776 - February 16, 1817 (40-41 years, widowed) |
Death | April 8, 1817 (80 years) |
Mother | Maria Hoes |
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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 |
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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 |
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Birth | July 15, 1770 |
Death | April 13, 1805 (34 years) |
Maternal Half-Sibling 3 | James Isaac Van Alen |
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Birth | December 31, 1772 |
Death | May 18, 1822 (49 years) |
Maternal Half-Sibling 4 | Lydia Van Alen |
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Birth | September 24, 1774 |
Death | September 24, 1774 (less than a day) |
Full Siblings[]
Sibling 1 | Derike Van Buren |
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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 |
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Birth | January 16, 1780 |
Death | January 19, 1838 (58 years) |
Sibling 3 | Lawrence Van Buren |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Birth | November 27, 1807 |
Death | March 15, 1873 (65 years) |
Wife | Sarah Angelica Singleton (1818-77) | November 27, 1838 - March 15, 1873 (34 years, died) |
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Child 1 | Rebecca Van Buren (1840-40) |
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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 |
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Birth | February 18, 1810 |
Death | October 13, 1866 (56 years) |
Wife | Elizabeth Vanderpoel (1810-44) | June 22, 1841 - November 18, 1844 (3 years, widowed) |
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Child 1 | Sarah Anna Vanderpoel Van Buren (1842-1923) | m.1870 Edward Duer (1840-1906) | 5 sons, 3 daughters |
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Child 3[]
Full Name | Martin Van Buren Jr. |
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Birth | December 20, 1812 |
Death | March 19, 1855 (42 years) |
Child 4[]
Full Name | Winfield Scott Van Buren |
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Birth | 1814 |
Death | 1814 (less than a year) |
Child 5[]
Full Name | Smith Thompson Van Buren |
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Birth | January 16, 1817 |
Death | December 11, 1876 (59 years) |
First Wife | Ellen King James (1823-49) | June 18, 1842 - October 30, 1849 (7 years, widowed) |
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Second Wife | Henrietta Eckford Irving (1832-1921) | February 1, 1855 - December 11, 1876 (21 years, died) |
Child 1 | Ellen James Van Buren (1844-1929) | m.1868 Stuyvesant Morris (1843-1928) | 3 sons, 2 daughters |
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Child 2 | Edward Livingston Van Buren (1848-73) | ||
Child 3 | Catherine Barber Van Buren (1849-1922) | m.1875 Peyton Miller (1846-1920) |
Child 4 | Martin Van Buren (1856-1942) | ||
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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)[]
9 | Richard Mentor Johnson (1780-1850) | 1837-41 (4 years) | Kentucky |
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