Martin Van Buren

  
    8th President of the United States     March 4, 1837 to March 3, 1841  
             
             
             
             
      Father: Abraham Van Buren   Mother: Maria Hoes Van Buren  
      Religion: Dutch Reformed   Education: Graduated from Kinderhook Academy (1796)  
      Occupation: Lawyer   Political Party: Democratic  
      Nicknames: "The Little Magician"; "The Red Fox of Kinderhook"      
             
             
             

Married: Hannah Hoes (1783-1819), on February 21, 1807

Children: Abraham Van Buren (1807-73); John Van Buren (1810-66); Martin Van Buren (1812-55); Smith Thompson Van Buren (1817-76)

Other Government Positions:  
  • New York State Senator, 1813-15
  • New York Attorney-General, 1815-19
  • United States Senator, 1821-29
  • Governor of New York, 1829
  • Secretary of State, 1829-1831
  • Minister to England, 1831
  • Vice President, 1832-1837
Points of Interest:  
  • the first president born in the United States
  • His autobiography does not mention his wife once.
  • Van Buren took $100,000, the sum of his salary as president over four years, in a lump sum at the end of his term
  • the term "O.K." derives from Van Buren's home town's nickname, "Old Kinderhook"
  • Van Buren made three unsuccessful bids for reelection.

 

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