Martin Van Buren | |
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8t Preses o the Unitit States | |
In office 4 Mairch 1837 – 4 Mairch 1841 | |
Vice Preses | Richard Mentor Johnson |
Precedit bi | Andrew Jackson |
Succeedit bi | William Henry Harrison |
8t Vice Preses o the Unitit States | |
In office 4 Mairch 1833 – 4 Mairch 1837 | |
Preses | Andrew Jackson |
Precedit bi | John C. Calhoun |
Succeedit bi | Richard Mentor Johnson |
13t Unitit States Meenister tae the Unitit Kinrick | |
In office 8 August 1831 – 4 Aprile 1832 | |
Preses | Andrew Jackson |
Precedit bi | Louis McLane |
Succeedit bi | Aaron Vail (actin) |
10t Unitit States Secretar o State | |
In office 28 Mairch 1829 – 23 Mey 1831 | |
Preses | Andrew Jackson |
Precedit bi | Henry Clay |
Succeedit bi | Edward Livingston |
9t Govrenor o New York | |
In office 1 Januar 1829 – 12 Mairch 1829 | |
Lieutenant | Enos T. Throop |
Precedit bi | Nathaniel Pitcher |
Succeedit bi | Enos T. Throop |
Unitit States Senator frae New York | |
In office 4 Mairch 1821 – 20 December 1828 | |
Precedit bi | Nathan Sanford |
Succeedit bi | Charles E. Dudley |
1st Attorney General o New York | |
In office 17 Februar 1815 – 8 Julie 1819 | |
Govrenor |
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Precedit bi | Abraham Van Vechten |
Succeedit bi | Thomas J. Oakley |
Member o the New York Senate | |
In office 1813–1820 | |
Precedit bi | Edward Philip Livingston |
Succeedit bi | John Miller |
Surrogate o Columbia Coonty | |
In office 1808–1813 | |
Precedit bi | James I. Van Alen |
Succeedit bi | James Vanderpoel |
Personal details | |
Born | Maarten Van Buren 5 December 1782 Kinderhook, New York, U.S. |
Dee'd | 24 Julie 1862 Kinderhook, New York, U.S. | (aged 79)
Cause o daith | Bronchial asthma, hert failyie |
Restin place | Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery |
Poleetical pairty |
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Spoose(s) | Hannah Hoes (m. 1807; d. 1819) |
Bairns | 5, includin Abraham, John |
Parents |
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Eikname(s) | Little Van, Old Kinderhook, The Little Magician, The Red Fox of Kinderhook,[1] Martin van Ruin,[2] The Mistletoe Politician[3][a] |
Martin Van Buren (born the 5t December 1782 in Kinderhook, New York – dee'd the 24t o Julie 1862, in his born-ceety) wis a lawyer an an American politeecer, o Dutch descent, wha wis the aicht prese o the Unitit States o Americae. He wis electit far juist ae mandate frae 1837 tae 1841, tae succeed tae Andrew Jackson. He wis the first preses o the Unitit States tae be born american, aw the anes afore were British-born.
His parents hae a tavern an a ferm wi help o som sclaves. His eddication is limit tae a communal schuil o his bairn-ceety.
In 1796, he works as screever bi an advocate whar he lears the recht as an autodidact; he is admit tae the court o New York in 1803. He succeeds in this wark throu twanty-five year.
He wis elect as a candidate far the Democrat-Republican pairty, ane o the first pairties o the Unitit States. Efter his election, he becomes member o the Democrat pairty.
Jack o aw trades, handy in the airt o diplomacy, tae integrate the Floridas in the Union, he proposes tae interdict the importation o new sclaves while keepin thaim livin thar: this position please baith Soothren states, partisans o sclavery, an Northern states, anti-sclavery.
As a vice-preses, Martin Van Buren presidit the Senate. He brocht wi him twa shared guns acause o his naitural fear tae be murthert.
He died in peace at hame at echty year auld.
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