Martin Van Buren Eighth President 1837-1841 http://www.loc.gov/shop/index.php?action=cCatalog.showItemImage&cid=33&scid=221&iid=1880

Martin Van Buren 1782-1862 http://www.whitehousehistory.org/04/subs_pph/PresidentDetail.aspx?ID=8&imageID=39

Angelica Singleton Van Buren, wife of the President's son Abraham Van Buren http://www.whitehouseresearch.org/assetbank-whha/action/viewAsset?id=115&index=0&total=1&view=viewSearchItem

Angelica Singleton Van Buren acted as First Lady http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/buren/aa_buren_hostess_3_e.html

Vice President Richard M. Johnson 1837-1841 http://pro.corbis.com/search/Enlargement.aspx?CID=isg&mediauid=%7B4630E2A7-F0BC-4084-AEF5-1A0ED213D5A8%7D

Secretary of State John Forsyth 1834-1841 http://www.state.gov/secretary/former/40892.htm

1782 Birthplace of Martin Van Buren in Kinderhook, New York http://encarta.msn.com/media_461520748_761563705_-1_1/Birthplace_of_Martin_Van_Buren.html

Martin Van Buren and Hannah Hoes were married in 1807 both aged 24 they had five sons before her death in 1819 http://www.loc.gov/shop/index.php?action=cCatalog.showItemImage&cid=33&scid=213&iid=1480

1821 Martin Van Buren US Senator from New York http://www.woodleysociety.org/MartinVanBurenMainFrame.htm

1828 Martin Van Buren elected Governor of New York http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/buren/aa_buren_magician_2_e.html

1836 Van Buren elected. Presidential Candidate former Indiana Territorial Governor and Senator William H. Harrison had 73 votes vs 170. Harrison was one of three whigs running. The other two were Hugh White (26 votes) and Daniel Webster (14 votes). Harrison's running mate was Francis P. Granger. Granger was also the running mate of Daniel Webster. Harrison ran again in 1840 and won. 1840 Poster. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/harrison/aa_harrison_wharrison3_2_e.html

1837 Martin Van Buren's inauguration http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/presidents/bio8.htm

1837 Inaugural Address http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/pi011.html

Van Buren's conservative philosophy refused to allow government relief in the Panic Depression of 1837 http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/presidents/buren/panic_3

Anti-slavery sentiment doomed the prospects for Texas annexation during the Van Buren administration. This document is the original draft of the withdrawal of the 1837 proposition for the annexation of Texas. http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/exhibits/presidents/houston1/mrprez.html

January 26, 1837 Michigan Statehood http://www.msu.edu/~rasche/scout/micamp97/anniver.htm

Supreme Court Justice John Catron 1837-1865 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Catron

Supreme Court Justice John McKinley 1838-1852 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McKinley

1839 Martin Van Buren purchased this farm and retirement home while in the white house. http://www.home.earthlink.net/~gjhweb2/linden.htm

Speaker of the House Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter 1839-1841 Virginia Senator 1847-1861 CSA Sec. of State 1861-1862 CSA Virginia Senator 1862-1865 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mercer_Taliaferro_Hunter

1840 Campaign for re-election was unsuccessful http://loc.harpweek.com/LCPoliticalCartoons/DisplayCartoonMedium.asp?MaxID=77&UniqueID=27&Year=1840&YearMark=1840

Supreme Court Justice Peter Vivian Daniel 1842-1860 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Vivian_Daniel

1848 Martin Van Buren ran again for re-election and failed http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/presidents/bio8.htm

1862 Martin Van Buren's death notice issued by Abraham Lincoln http://www.home.earthlink.net/~gjhweb4/docs.htm

Martin Van Buren's tomb in Kinderhook, New York http://www.presidentialgraves.com/graves/new-york