OVERVIEW:

BORN:
December 5, 1782;
Kinderhook, New York

DIED:
July 24, 1862 (age  79);
Kinderhook, New York

NICKNAME:
The Little Magician 

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic-Republican (1799–1825)
Free Soil (1848–1852)
Democratic (1825–1848, 1852–1862)

SPOUSE:
Hannah Hoes (m. 1807; d. 1819)

CHILDREN:
Abraham II
John
Martin Van Buren Jr.
Winfield Scott Van Buren
Smith Thompson Van Buren

HIGHLIGHTS:
1808-1813:
Surrogate of Columbia County, New York
1813-1820:
Member, New York State Senate
1815-1819:
Attorney General of New York
1821-1828:
U.S. Senator from New York 
1/1/1829-3/12/1829:
Governor of New York
1829-1831:
U.S. Secretary of State 
1831-1832:
U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom
1833-1837:
Vice President of the United States
1837-1841:
8th President of the United States

SPOUSE/ ACTING FIRST LADY:

VICE PRESIDENT:

RESOURCES:

BIOGRAPHIES:
White House
UVA Miller Center
American National Biography
Senate Historical Office
Department of State
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
Papers of Martin Van Buren
Library of Congress
American Presidency Project 

GENERAL BACKGROUND: 
American Presidents (C-SPAN)
Library of Congress

NOTABLE BOOKS:

1836 ELECTION:

DEMOCRATIC:
MARTIN VAN BUREN (PRESIDENT)
RICHARD JOHNSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 170 (57.8%)
Popular Vote: 764,176 (50.8%)

WHIG:
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON (PRESIDENT)
FRANCIS P. GRANGER (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 73 (24.8%)
Popular Vote: 550,816 (36.6%)

WHIG:
HUGH LAWSON WHITE (PRESIDENT)
JOHN TYLER (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 26 (8.8%)
Popular Vote: 146, 107 (9.7%)

WHIG:
DANIEL WEBSTER (PRESIDENT)
FRANCIS P. GRANGER (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 14 (4.8%)
Popular Vote: 41.201 (2.7%)

WHIG:
WILLIAM PERSON MANGUM (PRESIDENT)
JOHN TYLER (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 11 (3.7%)
Popular Vote: 0 (0.0%)

1837 INAUGURATION:

1837 Address 
Library of Congress

1840 ELECTION:

WHIG:
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON (PRESIDENT)
JOHN TYLER (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 234 (79.6%)
Popular Vote: 1,275,390 (52.9%

DEMOCRATIC:
MARTIN VAN BUREN (PRESIDENT)
RICHARD JOHNSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 60 (20.4%)
Popular Vote:1,128,854 (46.9%)

1848 ELECTION:

WHIG:
ZACHARY TAYLOR (PRESIDENT)
MILLARD FILLMORE (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote:163 (56.2%)
Popular Vote: 1,361,393 (47.3%)

DEMOCRATIC:
LEWIS CASS (PRESIDENT)
WILLIAM BUTLER (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 127 (43.8%)
Popular Vote: 1,223,460 (42.5%)

FREE SOIL:
MARTIN VAN BUREN (PRESIDENT)
CHARLES ADAMS, SR. (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 0 (0.0%)
Popular Vote: 291,501 (10.1%)

VAN BUREN ADMINISTRATION:

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Benjamin F. Butler (1833–1838)
Felix Grundy (1838–1839)
Henry D. Gilpin (1840–1841)

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY:
Mahlon Dickerson (1834–1838)
James K. Paulding (1838–1841)

POSTMASTER GENERAL:
Amos Kendall (1835–1840)
John M. Niles (1840–1841)

SECRETARY OF STATE:
John Forsyth (1834–1841)

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
Levi Woodbury (1834–1841)

SECRETARY OF WAR:
Joel R. Poinsett (1837–1841)

SUPREME COURT NOMINEES:

Peter V. Daniel (1842-1860)
John McKinley (1837-1852)

CONGRESS:

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
James K. Polk (1835-1839)
Robert M.T. Hunter (1839-1841)

HISTORIC SITES:

Lindenwald
National Historic Site