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Martin Van Buren
Eighth President
Lived: December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862
Term: 1837-1841
Spouse: Hannah Van Buren

Quote: "For myself, therefore, I desire to declare that the principle that will govern me in the high duty to which my country calls me is a strict adherence to the letter and spirit of the Constitution as it was designed by those who framed it."

-8th Vice President of the United States: March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1837
-10th Secretary of State: March 28, 1829 – May 23, 1831
-9th Governor of New York: January 1, 1829 – March 5, 1829
-US Senator from New York: March 4, 1821 – December 20, 1828
-Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary: 1823-1828
-14th New York State Attorney General: February 17, 1815 – July 8, 1819
-Created the first political machine encompassing all of New York