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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 January 2025. President of the United States from 1837 to 1841 "Van Buren" redirects here. For other uses, see Van Buren (disambiguation). In this Dutch name, the surname is Van Buren, not Buren. Martin Van Buren Van Buren, c. 1855–1858 8th President of the United States In office March 4, 1837 ...
The presidency of Martin Van Buren began on March 4, 1837, when Martin Van Buren was inaugurated as 8th President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1841.Van Buren, the incumbent vice president and chosen successor of President Andrew Jackson, took office after defeating multiple Whig Party candidates in the 1836 presidential election.
Van Buren won a majority on the first presidential ballot, but failed to win the necessary super-majority, and support for Van Buren faded on subsequent ballots. [8] On the eighth presidential ballot, Polk won 44 of the 266 delegates, as support for all candidates other than Polk, Lewis Cass, and Van Buren dissipated. [9]
In 1837, right before Van Buren became President, a cheesemaker from western New York sent to the White House a block of cheese so enormous (1,400 lbs.!) that it had to be kept in the foyer for ...
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site is a unit of the United States National Park Service in Columbia County, New York, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the village of Kinderhook, 125 miles (201 km) north of New York City and 20 miles (32 km) south of Albany.
Counties are named for Martin Van Buren in Michigan, Iowa, Arkansas, and Tennessee. [4] Cass County, Missouri was originally named for Van Buren, and was renamed in 1849 to honor Lewis Cass because Missouri allowed slavery, and Van Buren had opposed slavery as the presidential candidate of the Free Soil Party in 1848.
Lori Van Buren/getty Jiminy Peak ski area Friday, Feb. 7, 2014 A 19-year-old college student died on Monday, Jan. 6, at the Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort in Berkshire County, Mass., CBS Boston , the ...
The Van Buren opened in the building on August 23, 2017 (Cold War Kids was the inaugural performance). [8] There was enough space to fit 1,700 to 1,900 concertgoers. [ 6 ] The 1,900 capacity concert hall was voted Best New Music Venue in 2017, [ 9 ] Best Large Venue in 2019, [ 10 ] and Best Medium-Sized Venue in 2020. [ 11 ]