Van Buren

Jackson's immediate successor

Van Buren is a surname, most associated with Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States.

It appears in place names across America—counties, towns, and streets named for the president: Van Buren Street, Van Buren County.

The name is Dutch in origin, meaning "from Buren," a town in the Netherlands.

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inauguration

Formal beginning ceremony

antebellum · executive · successor · predecessor · statesman · diplomacy · veto · reelection · campaign · tariff

surname

genealogy

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1830s-era

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Prolonged low state

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politics

democracy

Rule by the people

Senate · diplomacy · tariffs · slavery · partisanship · caucus · incumbent · nominations · platform · spoils system

Opposites
presidential succession/political rivalry

Van BurenAndrew Jackson

Seventh U.S. president

Henry Clay · Daniel Webster · John Tyler · Davy Crockett · Zachary Taylor

political legacy and popularity

Van BurenAndrew Jackson

Seventh U.S. president

Abraham Lincoln · Theodore Roosevelt · Franklin D. Roosevelt · George Washington · Thomas Jefferson

Family

van, Martin Van Buren

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