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- Born: December 5, 1782 in Kinderhook, New York
- Political Party: Democrat
- Administration: March 4, 1837 - March 4, 1841
- Vice President: Richard Mentor Johnson
- Succeeded by: William Henry Harrison
- Secretary of State: John Forsyth
- Spouse: Hannah Hoes
- Occupation: Lawyer
- Died: July 24, 1862
- Nicknamed "The Little Magician", and "The Red Fox of Kinderhook"
- Presided over the economic Panic of 1837
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Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States. Van Buren was the first President not born of British ancestry, and also the first to be born after the American Revolution.
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Panic of 1837
Van Buren's presidency was marked by the depression known as the "Panic of 1837." During this time, hundreds of banks folded and unemployment reached record high, but Van Buren refused to allow the government to become involved with regulating United States banks. Largely due to being blamed for the Panic, he was not elected to a second term. -
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Martin Van Buren on Amazon
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Martin Van Buren Presidential $1 Coin 2008 P BU UNC Philadelphia Mint - $0.01
Martin Van Buren, the first president from New York and not of British descent, was also the first president to be born an American citizen. Raised in a Dutch neighborhood in Kinde...Amazon
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Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren, 7th and 8th Presidents of The United States - $1.39
This book was written in the 1880s. It's a well done biography of the 7th and 8th Presidents. The author wrote this about this addition to a series of books:"Written so...Amazon
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Martin Van Buren : The Romantic Age of American Politics (Signature Series) - $37.50
Based upon extensive use of the Van Buren papers and other basic primary sources of the period, this is a readable, authoitative biography of the 8th President of the United States...Amazon
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Martin Van Buren (The American Presidents) - $20.00
The first president born after America's independence ushers in a new era of no-holds-barred democracy The first "professional politician" to become president, t...Amazon
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Martin Van Buren Questions
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Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States. He was born a citizen of America. What would you ask him if you could? 3 AnswersWhat kind of policies did you have to do due to peer or party pressure? What would you change in American Politics in general? Do we need more competition in el... read more -
What did Martin Van Buren do in the economic panic of 1837 to help and hurt it? 1 AnswerUnfortunately he did nothing, he maintained the policies that created the crisis and thus it continued, he lost his reelection campaign because of it. http://ww... read more -
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