Martin Van Buren

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Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren
8th President of the United States
In office
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, 1782July 24, 1862) was the eigth 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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