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Abraham Van Buren | abt 1736 -- 8 APR 1817 | |
Maria Hoes | 16 JAN 1747 -- 16 FEB 1817 |
John Hoes | 25 MAY 1753 -- 25 JAN 1789 | |
Maria Quackenboss | 26 JAN 1754 -- 5 DEC 1852 |
Marriage | 21 FEB 1807 |
Birth | 5 DEC 1782 | |||
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Occup | 1815-1819 | NY Attorney General | ![]() | |
Occup | 1821-1828 | ![]() | ||
Org. | 1821 | New York Constitutional Convention, New York, Delegate | ![]() | |
Org. | 1823-1828 | ![]() | US Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Chairperson | |
Reside | 1829/1831 | |||
Occup | 1829-1829 | ![]() | ||
Occup | 1829-1831 | USA Secretary of State | ![]() | |
Occup | 1831-1832 | USA Ambassador to United Kingdom | ![]() | |
Election | 1832 | USA Presidential Election | ![]() | |
Occup | 1833-1837 | ![]() | ||
Election | 1836 | USA Presidential Election | ![]() | |
Occup | 1837-1841 | ![]() | ||
Election | 1840 | USA Presidential Election | ![]() | |
Election | 1848 | USA Presidential Election | ![]() | |
Death | 24 JUL 1862 | Cause: bronchial asthma heart failure | ||
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Martin Van Buren was a Democrat, a native of New York, and the first President of the Dutch Reformed faith. He was also the first professional politician to become President and the first citizen of the United States. (Previous Presidents had been born in British Colonial North America.) His religion was considered conventional. Fuller and Green wrote, "Acceptance of this faith was part of the pattern of Van Buren' s life and he was known always as a good churchman, though he never showed a deep interest in theological matters. His religion was a thread in the web of his life, and the means by which the great solemnities of life were marked." He faithfully attended the Dutch Reformed services and married into that faith, but little is known... Read More
Children | First Name | Birth Dt | Death Dt | Birth Place | Spouses | |
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1+ | Abraham | 27 NOV 1807 | 15 MAR 1873 | NY, Columbia Co, Kinderhook | Angelica Singleton | |
2+ | John | 18 FEB 1810 | 13 OCT 1866 | NY, Columbia Co, Hudson | Elizabeth Vanderpoel | |
3 | Martin | 20 DEC 1812 | 19 MAR 1855 | NY, Columbia Co, Kinderhook | ||
4+ | Smith Thompson | 16 JAN 1817 | 11 DEC 1876 | NY, Columbia Co, Kinderhook | Ellen King James, Henrietta Eckford Irving |
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![]() | V. Pres. Richard Mentor Johnson | Vice President | |
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Jesse Hoyt | law partner | ||
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![]() | Andrew Jackson | Appointed Secretary of State | |
![]() | Andrew Jackson | Appointed Amb. to United Kingdom |
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