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Presidency of Martin Van Buren

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President Martin Van Buren Biography

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Fast Facts on President Martin Van Buren

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America's Presidents - Martin Van Buren

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The presidency of Martin Van Buren began on March 4, 1837, when Martin Van Buren was inaugurated as President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1841. Van Buren, the incumbent Vice President and chosen successor of President Andrew Jackson, took office as the eighth United States president after winning the 1836 presidential election. A Democrat, he garnered 170 electoral votes to 124 for William Henry Harrison and 3 other Whig Party candidates. Van Buren sought a second term in the 1840 presidential election, but he was defeated by Harrison.