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Martin Van Buren outlived four of his successors, more than any other U.S. president. 6th president John Quincy Adams (died February 23, 1848) 6 years, 325 days after 9th president William Henry Harrison (died April 4, 1841) 2 years, 260 days after 7th president Andrew Jackson (died June 8, 1845) 8th president Martin Van Buren (died July 24, 1862)
Bibliography. List of presidents of the United States who died in office. Presidents of the United States who died in office. William Henry Harrison April 4, 1841. Zachary Taylor July 9, 1850. Abraham Lincoln April 15, 1865. James A. Garfield September 19, 1881. William McKinley September 14, 1901. Warren G. Harding August 2, 1923.
Views on slavery. Views on religion. Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 [ b ] – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, planter, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. [ 6 ] He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Politician. lawyer. Signature. John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain.
Valley Forge. Battle of Monmouth. James Monroe (/ mənˈroʊ / mən-ROH; April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825, a member of the Democratic-Republican Party. He was the last Founding Father to serve as president as ...
Education. Oberlin College (BA, MA) Signature. John Mercer Langston (December 14, 1829 – November 15, 1897) was an American abolitionist, attorney, educator, activist, diplomat, and politician. He was the founding dean of the law school at Howard University and helped create the department. He was the first president of what is now Virginia ...
The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the number of presidencies and the number of individuals who have served as president. [5]
Martin Van Buren(/vænˈbjʊərən/van BURE-ən; Dutch: Maarten van Buren[ˈmaːrtə(n)vɑm‿ˈbyːrə(n)]ⓘ; December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was the eighth president of the United States, serving from 1837 to 1841. A primary founder of the Democratic Party, he served as New York's attorney generaland U.S. senator, then briefly as the ...