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  USA-Presidents.Info - Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 - July 24, 1862) was the eighth (1833 - 1837) Vice President, the eighth (1837 - 1841) President of the United States and the first President born after the Declaration of Independence.
Van Buren was not an orator, but his more important speeches show careful preparation and his opinions carried weight; and the oft-repeated charge that he refrained from declaring himself on crucial questions is hardly borne out by an examination of his senatorial career.
In 1828 Van Buren was elected governor of New York for the term beginning on the 1st of January 1829, and resigned his seat in the Senate.
www.usa-presidents.info /vanburen.htm   (1914 words)

  
 Angelica Singleton Van Buren, 1816-1877
Angelica Singleton Van Buren, from a portrait that hangs in the Red Room of the White House
Angelica Singleton, daughter of South Carolina planter Richard Singleton and Rebecca Travis (Coles) Singleton, was raised at the family plantation Home Place, in Sumter, South Carolina.
After an extended European honeymoon, Angelica returned in 1839 with her husband to live in the White House and to serve as its hostess for Van Buren's remaining years in office.
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 Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren was born on December 5, 1782, in Kinderhook, New York, the son of a Dutch farmer and tavern keeper, a relatively prosperous middle-class family.
In 1812 Van Buren was elected to the senate of New York from the middle district as a Clinton Republican, defeating Edward P. Livingston, the candidate of the " Quids," by a majority of 200.
Yah Buren was a zealous supporter of Andrew Jackson in the presidential election of 1828, and was called in 1829 to be the premier of the new administration.
martinvanburen.org   (5561 words)

  
  Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Martin Van Buren
Van Buren was not an orator, but his more important speeches show careful preparation and his opinions carried weight; and the oft-repeated charge that he refrained from declaring himself on crucial questions is hardly borne out by an examination of his senatorial career.
In 1828 Van Buren was elected governor of New York for the term beginning on the 1st of January 1829, and resigned his seat in the Senate.
Nevertheless, Van Buren was unanimously renominated by the Democrats in 1840.
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ma/Martin_Van_Buren   (1915 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Martin Van Buren
Van Buren was born in the village of Kinderhook, New York, approximately 25 miles south of Albany, the state capital, as the third of five children.
Van Buren's attitude towards slavery at the moment was shown by his vote, in January 1820, for a resolution opposing the admission of Missouri as a slave state (though he himself was a slave owner).
Van Buren was the first President born after the signing of the Declaration of Independence (1782), thus technically making him the first true American President, the first seven Presidents being born British subjects.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Martin-Van-Buren   (1594 words)

  
 Martin Van Buren
VAN BUREN, Martin, eighth president of the United States, born in Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York, 5 December, 1782; died there, 24 July, 1862.
A clause in one of Van Buren's despatches while secretary, containing an invidious reference to the preceding administration, was alleged as the ground of his rejection.
Van Buren was left to reap the whirlwind, which in the "political hurricane" of 1840 lifted General Harrison into the presidential chair.
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 Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren was born on December 5, 1782, in Kinderhook, New York, the son of a Dutch farmer and tavern keeper, a relatively prosperous middle-class family.
In 1812 Van Buren was elected to the senate of New York from the middle district as a Clinton Republican, defeating Edward P. Livingston, the candidate of the " Quids," by a majority of 200.
Yah Buren was a zealous supporter of Andrew Jackson in the presidential election of 1828, and was called in 1829 to be the premier of the new administration.
www.cyrusgriffin.com /presidentvanburen.com   (5556 words)

  
 Martin van Buren, 1837-1841, achtste president van de Verenigde Staten
Van Burens marge van 1,7 procent was voldoende, maar het gaf al aan dat de Democraten niet zo sterk meer in het zadel zaten.
Van Buren sloofde zich zelfs zo uit voor Jackson, dat hij zich in 1828 kandidaat stelde voor het gouverneurschap van New York, enkel en alleen om Jacksons kansen in die staat te verbeteren.
Van Buren zelf reed rond in Washington in een olijfgroene wagen met paarden met zilver bewerkt leder en dienaren in livrei.
www.amerika.nl /politiek/html/presidenten/presarchief/108vanbu.htm   (2405 words)

  
 Hannah Van Buren - KnowledgeIsFun.com
Hannah Van Buren (nee Hoes) (8 March, 1783February 5, 1819) was the wife of the 8th United States President Martin Van Buren from 1807 until her death.
Martin Van Buren never remarried and was one of the few Presidents not to be married while in office.
Van Buren was born in Kinderhook, New York and died in Albany, New York.
www.knowledgeisfun.com /H/Ha/Hannah-Van-Buren.php   (277 words)

  
 Angelica Van Buren
Angelica Singleton Van Buren (February 13, 1818 – December 29, 1877) was the daughter-in-law of the 8th United States President Martin Van Buren.
She was married to the President's son, Abraham Van Buren.
After Martin was defeated for re-election in 1841, Angelica and her husband lived at the Van Buren home of Lindenwald, in Kinderhook, NY, wintering at her family home in South Carolina.
www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Angelica_Van_Buren   (224 words)

  
 President Martin van Buren History: Hannah Van Buren | American President Sourcebook
Angelica was the daughter of a Madison in-law and had journeyed to Washington, D.C., to visit her famous relative.
Van Buren began a law career while in his teens and traveled to New York City to finish his preparation to become a lawyer.
In 1812, Van Buren was elected to the New York state senate, and in 1815 he became the state's attorney general.
www.bookrags.com /history/americanhistory/president-martin-van-buren/02.html   (542 words)

  
 National Obituary Archive(NOA) - Arrangeonline.com
Van Buren was born March 8, 1783 in Kinderhook, New York.
Van Buren was a very social person, entertaining relatives and business acquaintances of her husband.
Angelica Van Buren, wife of the president’s oldest son, Abraham, performed the duties of the First Lady during Van Buren’s one term presidency.
www.arrangeonline.com /Obituary/obituary.asp?ObituaryID=60528266   (251 words)

  
 First Ladies' Biographical Information
Van Buren had been a widower for 18 years and he had no daughters, nor were there any women relatives of his, or spouses of Cabinet members that he either invited to preside as hostess at the White House or aid him in his own decisions regarding entertaining and decorating of the mansion's rooms.
Angelica Singleton was the daughter of South Carolina planter Richard Singleton and Rebecca Travis Coles Singleton.
Van Buren was widely admired in Washington; the French minister Adolphe Fourier de Bacourt, generally critical of Americans, remarked that she had graceful manners and an appearance that could pass muster with the elite of Europe.
www.firstladies.org /biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=8   (1205 words)

  
 National Park Service - The Presidents (Martin Van Buren)
Shortly after Van Buren's marriage, he moved to nearby Hudson, N.Y. Between then and 1820, in a rapid political ascendancy, he held the offices of surrogate of Columbia County, State senator, and State attorney general; and organized the Albany Regency, a powerful political organization whose chief tool was patronage.
Van Buren sought the Presidency twice after he left office and was nominated once, by the antislavery Free Soil Party in 1848.
Van Buren died in 1862 at the age of 79.
www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/presidents/bio8.htm   (1056 words)

  
 De Levende Kerk van God - Nieuws
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Een in het Zuiden van Frankrijk in Porte d'Albret (Souston), de tweede is in Ierland in Arklow.
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 Martin Van Buren
Most students of Van Buren's social and economic status dropped out after a couple of years to help their parents, but he stayed on as long as he could, even though he knew he could never afford to go to college as his wealthier classmates would.
Van Buren was accused of being a "dandy" by political opponents.
Van Buren was defeated by the Whigs in 1840 for reelection, running against the miliary hero William Henry Harrison.
histclo.com /pres/ind19/vanburen.html   (2926 words)

  
 Van Buren's Presidential Hostess
The beautiful and charming Angelica quickly stepped in to help her father-in-law as White House hostess -- the same role that her patron, Dolley Madison, had once filled with notable success for an earlier widower-president, Thomas Jefferson.
Angelica Van Buren's White House experience was darkened by her illness after her baby daughter was born and by the little girl's death when she was only a few months old, but she was clearly an asset to her father-in-law's administration.
Angelica may not have been officially the first lady, but she played an important role that several first ladies have imitated: using their social skills to help a troubled presidency.
www.americaslibrary.org /cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/presidents/buren/hostess_3   (155 words)

  
 The White House Historical Association > Timelines
Van Buren omitted even Hannah’s name from his autobiography - a gentleman of that day would not shame a lady by public references.
Angelica's aristocratic manners, excellent education, and handsome face won the heart of the president's eldest son, Abraham Van Buren.
For receptions she revived the formality of the Van Buren administration, welcoming guests with plumes in her hair and attended by maids of honor.
www.whitehousehistory.org /05/subs/05_b06.html   (2126 words)

  
 Van Buren's Presidential Hostess
The beautiful and charming Angelica quickly stepped in to help her father-in-law as White House hostess -- the same role that her patron, Dolley Madison, had once filled with notable success for an earlier widower-president, Thomas Jefferson.
Angelica Van Buren's White House experience was darkened by her illness after her baby daughter was born and by the little girl's death when she was only a few months old, but she was clearly an asset to her father-in-law's administration.
Angelica may not have been officially the first lady, but she played an important role that several first ladies have imitated: using their social skills to help a troubled presidency.
www.americaslibrary.gov /cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/presidents/buren/hostess_3   (155 words)

  
 Angelica Van Buren - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Angelica Singleton Van Buren (February 13, 1818 - December 29, 1877) acted as the First Lady of the United States.
She was the daughter-in-law of Martin Van Buren, the 8th president of the USA.
In 1841, Martin Van Buren was defeated, she and her husband shifted to Kinderhook, Lindenwald.
simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Angelica_Van_Buren   (287 words)

  
 Martin Van Buren National Historic Site - People (U.S. National Park Service)
Having steadily advanced from New York politics to the Senate, the vice-presidency, and, finally, the presidency in 1837, Van Buren was resoundingly defeated in his bid for a second term in 1840.
It was the perfect analogy to the aging Van Buren, the Jeffersonian cum Jacksonian whose political career had risen and fallen in accordance with the vast cultural changes that swept the first half of America's nineteenth century.
Van Buren had other servants aside from the standard household staff of four, principally when his sons' families were in residence, including an occasional governess and some native-born women whose occupations were unspecified.
www.nps.gov /mava/historyculture/people.htm   (5248 words)

  
 MVB NHS Press Releases 1999
The next day, the 5th, Martin Van Buren's birthday will be commemorated at the annual graveside ceremony conducted at the Kinderhook Reformed Cemetery beginning at 1:00pm.
President Van Buren purchased the mansion while in the White House and moved back to the town where he was born after losing the election of 1840.
An additional $22,000 in project funds is earmarked for the restoration of fireboards purchased by Angelica Van Buren, Martin Van Buren's daughter-in-law, from a French manufacturer in the mid-1850s, and $18,000 will fund a study of the historical uses of the Van Buren farm.
www.kinderhookconnection.com /town/mvbnhspressrel.htm   (1425 words)

  
 Martin Van Buren
He has a successful law practice in his home town and was involved in local politics, finding his clients and followers in that community, whose cause he defended against the large landowners.
Van Buren became a leader of the Bucktails, whose support helped him to win as attorney general in 1816.
After spending a few years in Europe, to which he was the only president to do so thus far Van Buren retired in 1855 to his home in Kinderhook, where he died on July 24, 1862.
www.gamepuppet.com /presidents/martin-v-buren.htm   (350 words)

  
 Biography of HANNAH HOES VAN BUREN
Hannah Van Buren died almost two decades before her husband Martin assumed the Presidency in 1837.
Van Buren maintained close relationships with his children throughout his life.
She was married to the Van Burens' eldest son, Abraham and was also a relative of former First Lady, Dolly Madison.
www.multied.com /Bio/ladies/vanburen.html   (103 words)

  
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Van Buren's wife, Hannah Hoes Van Buren, who devoted much time to working with the poor, died of tuberculosis 18 years before he took office...
Angelica was the youngest daughter of a South Carolina planter...
in 1838, while visiting Washington, was introduced to Van Buren and his four sons by Dolley Madison, a distant cousin...
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 Luce Foundation Center for American Art: Singleton Van Buren as a Child
Singleton Van Buren (1841-1885) was the grandson of Martin Van Buren, who served as eighth president of the United States from 1837 to 1841.
Born the year his grandfather left the White House, Singleton was the oldest child of Angelica Singleton Van Buren, daughter of a wealthy South Carolina merchant and wife of the president’s oldest son.
Angelica served as first lady during her father-in-law’s administration, the president’s wife having died in 1819.
americanart.si.edu /luce/object.cfm?key=338&artistmedia=0&subkey=2179&object=0   (123 words)

  
 First Lady Manuscripts
Van Buren (1816-77) with her mother Rebecca T. (Coles) Singleton (?-1849) and her sister Marion (Singleton) Deveaux (1815-?).
In early letters to Angelica and Marion Singleton at school in Philadelphia, their mother, who was at home in South Carolina, gives advice on their manners and education.
Included are a few letters of Angelica Singleton; nine letters of Angelica Van Buren tell of family matters and travel in Europe in 1854.
www.firstladies.org /bibliography/manuscripts.aspx?bioid=8   (479 words)

  
 The Eighth First Lady — Hannah Van Buren - History
The Van Burens moved from Kinderhook to Hudson, New York, a year after they were married.
Van Buren became involved in politics with the Democrat Party and took a county position.
For the first two years of Martin Van Buren’s presidency, no one fulfilled the duties of first lady; then, after his oldest son Abraham married Angelica Singleton, Van Buren asked his daughter-in-law to perform the duties of first lady.
www.bellaonline.com /articles/art15756.asp   (573 words)

  
 President of the United States: Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 - July 24, 1862) was the eighth Order: 8th President (1837-1841) President Term of Office: March 4, 1837 - March 4, 1841 of the United States and the first one Followed: Andrew Jackson born after the Succeeded by: William Henry Harrison Declaration of Independence.
Date of Birth December 5, 1782 Place of Birth: Kinderhook, New York He was born in Date of Death: July 24, 1862 Kinderhook, New York of Dutch descent.
His Place of Death: Kinderhook, New York father Abraham Van Wife: Hannah Van Buren Buren (February 17, First Lady: Angelica Van Buren (daughter-in-law) 1737 - April 8, 1817) was a farmer and Occupation: lawyer tavern-keeper.
www.historyfocal.com /President_of_the_United_States/Martin_Van_Buren.shtml   (1985 words)

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