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| | 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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