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Van Buren, Martin 1782-1862
Eighth President of the United States, from March 4, 1837, to March 4, 1841; Democrat; born in Kinderhook, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1782; was educated at the village academy; studied law with William P. Van Ness; and was admitted to the bar in 1803.
Having a taste for politics, he early engaged in it, being a member of a nominating convention when he was eighteen years of age. In 1808 he was appointed surrogate of Columbia county, and was sent to the State Senate in 1812.
From 1815 to 1819 he was attorney-general of the State of New York; and was again Senator in 1816, holding both offices at the same time.
He began a new organization of the Democratic party in 1818, and became the leader of a body of politicians known as the Albany regency (q. v.). It held the political control of the State for nearly twenty years. Mr. Van Buren was elected to the United States Senate in 1821, and was also in the convention that revised the State constitution.
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