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

Quote: "It seems proper, at all events, that by an early enactment similar to that of other countries the application of public money by an officer of Government to private uses should be made a felony and visited with severe and ignominious punishment."

-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