Martin  VAN BUREN

1782 Birth
5 December 1782
Kinderhook, Crown Colony of New York

Biography
MARTIN VAN BUREN, the eighth President of the United States, was born at Kinderbook, N. Y., December 5, 1782. He died at the same place, July 24, 1862. His body rests in the cemetery at Kinderhook. Above it is a plain granite shaft, fifteen feet high, bearing a simple inscription about half-way up on one face. The lot is unfenced, unbordered or unbounded by shrub or flower.

There is but little in the life of Martin Van Buren of romantic interest. He fought no battles, engaged in no wild adventures. Though his life was stormy in political and intellectual conflicts, and he gained many signal victories, his days passed uneventful in those incidents which give zest to biography. His ancestors, as his name indicates, were of Dutch origin, and were among the earliest emigrants from Holland to the banks of the Hudson. His father was a farmer, residing in the old town of Kinderhook. His mother, also of Dutch lineage, was a woman of superior intelligence and exemplary piety.

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Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894

1807 Marriage / Partner
Martin VAN BUREN and Hannah HOES 21 February 1807, Coxsackie, Greene, New York, USA

He was 24 years old.

1807 Birth of Child
Abraham VAN BUREN was born 27 November 1807, Kinderhook, New York, USA

Martin was 24 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
John M VAN BUREN was born 18 February 1810, Columbia County, New York, USA

Martin was 27 years old.

1812 Birth of Child
Martin VAN BUREN was born 20 December 1812, Hudson, New York, USA

Martin was 30 years old.

1817 Birth of Child
Smith Thompson VAN BUREN was born 16 January 1817, Hudson, New York, USA

Martin was 34 years old.

1819 Death of Spouse/Partner
Hannah HOES died 5 February 1819, Catskill, New York, USA

1837 - March 4 - Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) becomes 8th President of the United States
In 1832, Van Buren became vice president; in 1836, president. The Panic of 1837 overshadowed his term. He attributed it to the overexpansion of the credit and favored the establishment of an independent treasury as repository for the federal funds. In 1840, he established a 10-hour day on public works. Defeated by Harrison in 1840, he was the leading contender for the Democratic nomination in 1844 until he publicly opposed immediate annexation of Texas, and was subsequently beaten by the Southern delegations at the Baltimore convention. This incident increased his growing misgivings about the slave power.

After working behind the scenes among the anti-slavery Democrats, Van Buren joined in the movement that led to the Free-Soil Party and became its candidate for president in 1848. He subsequently returned to the Democratic Party while continuing to object to its pro-Southern policy.

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1855 Death of Child
Martin VAN BUREN died 19 March 1855, Paris, France

Martin was 72 years old.

Burial
Name: Martin Van Buren
Maiden Name:
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 1862
Event Place: Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, United States of America
Photograph Included: Yes
Birth Date: 05 Dec 1782
Death Date: 24 Jul 1862
Affiliate Record Identifier: 1054
Cemetery: Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery

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1862 Death
24 July 1862
Kinderhook, New York, USA

He died at the age of 79.