Van Buren, Martin
Born: Dec 05, 1782 AD
Died: 1862 AD, at 80 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Presidents
Died: 1862 AD, at 80 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Presidents
US diplomat and Democratic politician
Senator from New York 1821-1828
chairman of Senate Judiciary Committee 1823-1828
governor of New York 1829
Secretary of State 1829-1831
US ambassador to Britain 1831-1832
vice-president of US 1833-1837
8th president of US 1837-1841
opposed and successfully postponed US annexation of Texas
dispatched Winfield Scott to settle Aroostook War 1839
Democratic presidential candidate 1840
Free Soil presidential candidate 1848
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