Martin Van Buren

== Term ==
* 8th President of the United States
* March 4, 1837 - March 4, 1841 (54-58)
* Democratic
* Preceded by Andrew Jackson
* Succeeded by William Henry Harrison
* 8th Vice President of the United States
* March 4, 1833 - March 4, 1837 (50-54)
* Preceded by John C. Calhoun
* Succeeded by Richard M. Johnson
* United States Minister to the United Kingdom
* August 8, 1831 - April 4, 1832 (48-49)
* Appointed by Andrew Jackson
* Preceded by Louis McLane
* Succeeded by Aaron Vail
* 17th Secretary of State of the United States
* March 28, 1829 - May 23, 1831 (46-48)
* Preceded by James Alexander Hamilton
* Succeeded by Edward Livingston
* 10th Governor of New York
* January 1, 1829 - March 12, 1829 (46)
* Preceded by Nathaniel Pitcher
* Succeeded by Enos T. Throop
* U.S. Senator from New York
* March 4, 1821 - December 20, 1828 (38-46)
* Preceded by Nathan Sanford
* Succeeded by Charles E. Dudley
* 14th Attorney General of New York
* February 17, 1815 - July 8, 1819 (32-36)
* Preceded by Abraham Van Vechten
* Succeeded by Thomas Jackson Oakley
* Member of the New York State Senate
* July 1, 1813 - June 30, 1820 (30-37)
* Preceded by Edward Phillip Livingston
* Succeeded by William C. Bouck, John I. Miller, and Tilly Lynde (multi-member district)
* Surrogate of Columbia County, New York
* 1808 - 1813 (26-31)
* Preceded by James I. Van Alen
* Succeeded by James Vanderpoel
== Life Data ==
* Martin Abrahamse Van Buren
* Born December 5, 1782
* in Kinderhook, New York
* Occupation: Lawyer, Author, Politician
* Died July 24, 1862 (79 years)
* in Kinderhook, New York
== Parents ==
Father	Abraham Van Buren	February 17, 1737	April 8, 1817 (80 years) 	1776 - February 16, 1817 (40-41 years)
Mother	Maria Hoes 	January 14, 1748 	February 16, 1817 (69 years)	1776 - February 16, 1817 (40-41 years)
== Maternal Half-Siblings ==
1.	Maria Van Alen 	August 20, 1768 	September 1, 1829 (61 years)	m.1786 John Hoes (1763-1838) 	2 children
2.	John Van Alen 	July 15, 1770 	July 15, 1770 	April 13, 1805 (34 years) 	April 13, 1805 (34 years)
3.	James Isaac Van Alen	December 31, 1772 	December 31, 1772 	May 18, 1822 (49 years) 	May 18, 1822 (49 years)
4.	Lydia Van Alen 	September 24, 1774	September 24, 1774 	September 24, 1774 (Stillbirth)	September 24, 1774 (Stillbirth)
== Siblings ==
5.	Dirckje Van Buren 	1777 	October 18, 1865 (87-88 years)	m.1806 Barent Hoes (1778-1851) 	8 children
6.	Hannah Van Buren 	January 16, 1780	January 16, 1780 	January 19, 1838 (58 years) 	January 19, 1838 (58 years)
7.	Lawrence Abrahamse Van Buren	January 1, 1786 	July 1, 1868 (82 years) 	m.1820 Harriet Vosburgh (1788-1849)	7 children
8.	Abraham Abrahamse Van Buren 	1788 	October 30, 1836 (47-48 years)	
# m.1810 Elizabeth Landt (1791-1814)
# m.1816 Catherine Hogeboom (1792-1868)	
# 5 children
== Paternal Grandparents ==
Paternal Grandfather	Martin Pieterse Van Buren	September 28, 1701	July 24, 1762 (60 years)	November 7, 1729 - July 24, 1762 (32 years)
Paternal Grandmother	Dirckje Van Alstyne 	April 30, 1710 	1798 (87-88 years) 	9 children
== Maternal Grandparents ==
Maternal Grandfather	Johannes Dirksen Hoes 	1700 	1779 (78-79 years)	April 20, 1724 - 1757 (32-33 years)
Maternal Grandmother	Hannah Laurense Van Schaick	March 25, 1705	1757 (51-52 years)	8 children
== Marriage ==
Wife 	Hannah Hoes
Birth 	March 8, 1783
Father 	John Dirksen Hoes (1753-89)
Mother 	Maria Quackenbosch (1753-1832)
Marriage	February 21, 1807 - February 5, 1819 (11 years)
Death 	February 5, 1819 (35 years)
== Child 1 ==
Abraham Van Buren	November 27, 1807 	March 15, 1873 (65 years)	m.1838 Sarah Angelica Singleton (1818-77)
Child 1 	Rebecca (1840-40) 	Rebecca (1840-40) 	Rebecca (1840-40)
Child 2 	Singleton (1841-79)	Singleton (1841-79) 	Singleton (1841-79)
Child 3 	Martin (1844-85) 	Martin (1844-85) 	Martin (1844-85)
Child 4 	Travis (1849-89) 	Travis (1849-89) 	Travis (1849-89)
== Child 2 ==
John Van Buren	February 18, 1810 	October 13, 1866 (56 years) 	m.1841 Elizabeth Vanderpoel (1810-44)
Child 1 	Sarah (1842-1923)	m.1870 Edward Duer (1840-1906)	8 children
== Children 3-4 ==
Martin Van Buren Jr. 	December 20, 1812	March 19, 1855 (42 years)
Winfield Scott Van Buren	1814 	1814 (Stillbirth)
== Child 5 ==
Smith Thompson Van Buren 	January 16, 1817 	December 11, 1876 (59 years) 	December 11, 1876 (59 years)
m.1842 Ellen James (1823-49) 	m.1842 Ellen James (1823-49) 	m.1842 Ellen James (1823-49) 	m.1842 Ellen James (1823-49)
Child 1 	Ellen (1844-1929) 	m.1868 Stuyvesant Morris (1843-1928)	5 children
Child 2 	Edward (1848-73) 	Edward (1848-73) 	Edward (1848-73)
Child 3 	Katherine (1849-1922) 	m.1882 Peyton Miller (1846-1920) 	m.1882 Peyton Miller (1846-1920)
m.1855 Henrietta Irving (1832-1921)	m.1855 Henrietta Irving (1832-1921)	m.1855 Henrietta Irving (1832-1921) 	m.1855 Henrietta Irving (1832-1921)
Child 4 	Martin (1856-1942) 	Martin (1856-1942) 	Martin (1856-1942)
Child 5 	Eliza (1857-1936) 	Eliza (1857-1936) 	Eliza (1857-1936)
Child 6 	Marion (1861-1928) 	m.1893 Hamilton Emmons (1864-1933) 	2 children
== Vice President ==
Richard M. Johnson	1780-1850	1837-41	Kentucky
== Presidential Cabinet ==
Secretary of State 	John Forsyth 	1780-1841	1837-41	Georgia
Secretary of the Treasury	Levi Woodbury 	1789-1851	1837-41	New Hampshire
Secretary of War 	Joel Roberts Poinsett	1779-1851	1837-41	South Carolina
Attorney General 	
# Benjamin Franklin Butler
# Felix Grundy
# Henry D. Gilpin	
# 1795-1858
# 1777-1840
# 1801-60	
# 1837-38
# 1838-40
# 1840-41	
# New York
# Tennessee
# Pennsylvania
Secretary of the Navy 	
# Mahlon Dickerson
# James Kirke Paulding	
# 1770-1853
# 1778-1860	
# 1837-38
# 1838-41	
# New Jersey
# New York
Postmaster General 	
# Amos Kendall
# John Milton Niles	
# 1789-1869
# 1787-1856	
# 1837-40
# 1840-41	
# Kentucky
# Connecticut
== Chief Justice ==
5.	Roger B. Taney	1777-1864	1836-64 (28 years)	Maryland
== Associate Justices ==
1.	Joseph Story 	1779-1845	1812-45 (33 years)	Massachusetts
2.	Smith Thompson 	1768-1843	1823-43 (20 years)	New York
3.	John McLean 	1785-1861	1829-61 (32 years)	Ohio
4.	Henry Baldwin 	1780-1844	1830-44 (14 years)	Pennsylvania
5.	James M. Wayne 	1790-1867	1835-67 (32 years)	Georgia
6.	Philip P. Barbour	1783-1841	1836-41 (5 years) 	Virginia
7.	John Catron 	1786-1865	1837-65 (28 years)	Tennessee
8.	John McKinley 	1780-1852	1838-52 (14 years)	Alabama
9.	Peter V. Daniel 	1784-1860	1841-60 (19 years)	Virginia