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October 26, 1974. 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. The National Historic Site preserves the Lindenwald estate owned by ...
Martin Van Buren (/ væn ˈbjʊərən / van BURE-ən; Dutch: Maarten van Buren [ˈmaːrtə (n) vɑm‿ˈbyːrə (n)] ⓘ; December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was an American lawyer, diplomat, and statesman who served as the eighth president of the United States from 1837 to 1841. A primary founder of the Democratic Party, he served as New York ...
Woodley Mansion. Coordinates: 38.9285°N 77.0602°W. Woodley. Woodley is a Federal-style hilltop house in Washington, D.C., constructed in 1801. [1] It has served as the home to Grover Cleveland, Martin Van Buren, and Henry L. Stimson, and is now the home of the Maret School.
The presidency of Martin Van Buren began on March 4, 1837, when Martin Van Buren was inaugurated as 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 as the eighth United States president after defeating multiple Whig Party candidates in the 1836 presidential election.
On June 18, 1842, Smith Van Buren married Ellen King James (1823-1849), the aunt of writer Alice James, writer Henry James, and psychologist William James. Their marriage produced four children: [36] Ellen James Van Buren (1844-1929), who married Stuyvesant Fish Morris in 1868. [38] Edward L. Van Buren (1848-1873) Catharine Barber Van Buren ...
They were some of the earliest residential structures built in the city. One of the Seven Buildings was the presidential home of President James Madison and his wife, Dolley, after the burning of the White House in 1814, and later the residence of Martin Van Buren shortly before and after his inauguration as president. Most of the buildings ...
Richard Mentor Johnson (October 17, 1780 [a] – November 19, 1850) was an American lawyer, military officer and politician who served as the ninth vice president of the United States from 1837 to 1841 under President Martin Van Buren. He is the only vice president elected by the United States Senate under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment.
1841 →. The inauguration of Martin Van Buren as the eighth president of the United States took place on Saturday, March 4, 1837, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 13th inauguration and marked the commencement of the only four-year term of both Martin Van Buren as president and Richard Mentor ...