Martin Van Buren

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Martin Van Buren


Born
in Kinderhook, New York, The United States
December 05, 1782

Died
July 24, 1862

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Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. Before his presidency, he served as the eighth Vice President (1833–1837) and the 10th Secretary of State under Andrew Jackson. He was a key organizer of the Democratic Party, a dominant figure in the Second Party System, and the first president who was not of British (i.e. English, Welsh, Scottish, or Irish) descent—his ancestry was Dutch. He was the first president to be born an American citizen (his predecessors were born British subjects prior to the American Revolution), and is also the only president not to have spoken English as a first language, having grown up speaking Dutch.Moreover, he was the first president from New York.

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State of the Union Address

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State of the Union Address

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The papers of Martin Van Buren

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“it is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didnt”
Martin Van Buren

“Errors were doubtless committed on all sides, delusions set on foot which there was not time to dissipate and means, designed for good ends, perverted to bad purposes.”
Martin Van Buren, The autobiography of Martin Van Buren

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