Martin Van Buren

Birth	5 DEC 1782
Education
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
Grave

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