Martin Van Buren
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8th President of the United States | |
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March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 | |
Vice President(s) | Richard M. Johnson |
Came after | Andrew Jackson |
Came before | William Henry Harrison |
Born | December 5, 1782 Kinderhook, New York |
Died | July 24, 1862 Kinderhook, New York |
Political party | Republican, Democrat, Free Soil, Democrat |
Married to | Widowed Hannah Hoes Van Buren (daughter-in-law Angelica Van Buren was first lady) |
Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was the eighth President of the United States. He was the first president born after the United States Declaration of Independence, making him the first to have never been a British citizen.
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