Martin Van Buren

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Martin Van Buren was the eighth president of the United States, a key architect of the Democratic Party and close ally of Andrew Jackson, whose presidency was marked by the Panic of 1837 and the continuation of Jacksonian policies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American lawyer
Democratic Party politician
Governor of New York
President of the United States
United States Secretary of State
United States Senator
Vice President of the United States
human
1848Candidacy Free Soil Party candidate for President of the United States
birthDate 1782-12-05
birthPlace Kinderhook, New York
surface form: Kinderhook, New York, United States
burialPlace Kinderhook Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery
causeOfDeath asthma-related complications
child Abraham Van Buren
John Van Buren
Abraham Van Buren
surface form: Martin Van Buren Jr.

Abraham Van Buren
surface form: Smith Thompson Van Buren
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1862-07-24
deathPlace Kinderhook, New York
surface form: Kinderhook, New York, United States
education read law (legal apprenticeship)
election United States presidential election of 1836
surface form: United States presidential election, 1836
ethnicOrigin Dutch American
familyName Martin Van Buren self-linksurface differs
surface form: Van Buren
followedBy John Tyler
surface form: John Tyler (as Vice President of the United States)

William Henry Harrison
surface form: William Henry Harrison (as President of the United States)
fullName Martin Van Buren self-link
givenName Martin
lostElection 1840 United States presidential election
surface form: United States presidential election, 1840

1848 United States presidential election
surface form: United States presidential election, 1848
marriageStart 1807-02-21 (to Hannah Van Buren)
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)

Democratic-Republican Party
Free Soil Party
nativeLanguage Dutch
notableAchievement key organizer of the Democratic Party
notableEvent Panic of 1837 during his presidency
notableWork architect of the Second Party System in the United States
numberOfChildren 4
officeEnd 1829-03-12 (Governor of New York)
1831-08-01 (United States Secretary of State)
1837-03-04 (Vice President of the United States)
1841-03-04 (President of the United States)
officeStart 1829-01-01 (Governor of New York)
1829-03-28 (United States Secretary of State)
1833-03-04 (Vice President of the United States)
1837-03-04 (President of the United States)
politicalIdeology Jacksonian era
surface form: Jacksonian democracy
portraitArtist George Peter Alexander Healy
positionHeld 10th United States Secretary of State
8th President of the United States
8th Vice President of the United States
9th Governor of New York
Attorney General of New York
surface form: New York Attorney General

New York State Senator
United States Senator from New York
precededBy John C. Calhoun
surface form: John C. Calhoun (as Vice President of the United States)
president Andrew Jackson
profession lawyer
politician
religion Reformed Church in America
residence Kinderhook, New York
surface form: Lindenwald, Kinderhook, New York
signatureImage signature of Martin Van Buren
spouse Hannah Van Buren
succeeded Andrew Jackson
surface form: Andrew Jackson (as President of the United States)
vicePresident Richard Mentor Johnson

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this entity surface form: Van Buren
Martin Van Buren fullName Martin Van Buren self-link
Utrecht University hasNotableAlumnus Martin Van Buren
this entity surface form: Martin van Buren
William Henry Harrison positionPrecededBy Martin Van Buren
Free Soil Party presidentialCandidate Martin Van Buren
Independent Treasury System proposedBy Martin Van Buren
Richard Mentor Johnson servedUnder Martin Van Buren
Andrew Jackson successor Martin Van Buren
Andrew Jackson vicePresident Martin Van Buren