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Born:
December 5, 1782, Kinderhook, New York, U.S.
Died:
July 24, 1862, Kinderhook (aged 79)
Founder:
Democratic Party
Political Affiliation:
Democratic Party
Democratic-Republican Party
Free-Soil Party
Notable Family Members:
spouse Hannah Van Buren
Role In:
Webster–Ashburton Treaty
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Martin Van Buren: 1848 U.S. presidential campaign posterAn 1848 campaign poster featuring Martin Van Buren (left) and Charles F. Adams, the Free-Soil Party presidential and vice presidential candidates, respectively.
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Martin Van BurenU.S. Pres. Martin Van Buren.

Four years later the Democrats were bitterly divided over the question of the annexation of Texas, and Van Buren, who continued to oppose annexation, was passed over in favor of James K. Polk, who won the election on a platform calling for the annexation of both Texas and Oregon. In 1848 Van Buren ran as a candidate of the Free Soil Party, which included members of the antislavery factions of the Democratic Party (the “Barnburners”) and the Whig Party, but he received only 10 percent of the vote. He spent several years in Europe and then retired to his estate, Lindenwald, in Kinderhook.

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Cabinet of Pres. Martin Van Buren

The table provides a list of cabinet members in the administration of Pres. Martin Van Buren.

Cabinet of President Martin Van Buren
March 4, 1837–March 3, 1841
State John Forsyth
Treasury Levi Woodbury
War Joel Roberts Poinsett
Navy Mahlon Dickerson
James Kirke Paulding (from July 1, 1838)
Attorney General Benjamin Franklin Butler
Felix Grundy (from September 1, 1838)
Henry Dilworth Gilpin (from January 11, 1840)
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