Martin
VAN BUREN
(b.
5 December 1782
,
Kinderhook, New York, USA
d.
24 July 1862
,
Kinderhook, New York, USA
)
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Martin VAN BUREN was born 5 December 1782 in Kinderhook, Crown Colony of New York. Martin VAN BUREN was the child of ? and ?
Martin VAN BUREN died 24 July 1862 in Kinderhook, New York, USA.
Occupation: President of the United States
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America - Did you know? In 1664, the English seized New Amsterdam (city and colony) from the Dutch and renamed it New York.
New York was named after the English Duke of York and Albany (and the brother of England's King Charles II) in 1664 when the region called New Amsterdam was taken from the Dutch. (statesymbolsusa.org)Prior to 1664 - New Amsterdam
1664 - 1687 - New York Colony
1688 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1788 - Crown Colony of New York
July 26, 1788 - Virginia becomes 11th U.S. state
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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...Read MORE...
Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894 
1782 Birth
5 December 1782
Kinderhook, 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...Read MORE...
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March 4, 1837 
Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894
Grave
Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery Kinderhook Columbia County New York, USA
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1862 Death
24 July 1862
Kinderhook, New York, USA
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