March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1841
|
VICE
PRESIDENT
Richard M. Johnson |
Hostess-Daughter
In Law
Angelica Van Buren |
 |
BORN: December 5, 1782 |
|
Kinderhook, New
York - First President Born a U.S. Citizen
All previous Presidents had been born in the American Colonies
before they became the United States. |
WIFE:
Hanna Hoes Van Buren (Died 1819) Martin
Van Buren never remarried and came to the White House a bachelor. Dolley Madison
Introduced Madison's son Abraham to her second-cousin Angelica Singleton, who when they
had married, became the White House hostess under Martin Van Buren's presidency. |
| CHILDREN: Four sons |
| PROFESSION: Attorney |
| POLITICAL PARTY: Democratic |
| HOME STATE: New York |
| POLITICAL OFFICES: Attorney General
of New York, U.S. Senator, Governor (NY), Secretary of State, Vice President |
| NICKNAME: "The Little
Magician" |
| DIED: July 24, 1862 (Age -
79) |
| BURIED:
Kinderhook, New York |
"One
of the gentlest and most amiable men I have ever met with."
Washington Irving
"A true man with no guile."
President Andrew Jackson |
