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Martin
Van Buren- 8th President
Party: Democrat
Term: March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1841
Age at Inauguration: 54
Life Span: Dec 5, 1782 - July 24, 1862 [79]
Spouse: Hannah Hoes - Age at Marriage:
24
White House Hostess: Angelica Singleton
Van Buren
Vice President: Richard Johnson |
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- Martin Van Buren was coincidentally
the eighth president and eighth vice president Vice
President Martin Van Buren
- Upon moving into the White House he
asked his fours sons to move in with him, the youngest 20 and
the oldest 30
- Van Buren was the first president
born an American citizen in 1782
- All previous presidents were born
British subjects
- Van Buren had a passion for betting
on the outcome of political elections, and if he bet on his own
re-election in 1840, he lost a bundle.
- Not only did he lost reelection in
1840, but tried and failed to win the democratic nomination in
1844.
- He was also an unsuccessful candidate
for president in 1848 as the nominee of the Free Soil Party
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