MARTIN VAN BUREN

[Library of Congress]

1782-1862

8th President (1837-1841), 8th Vice President (1833-1837)

Biographical Data
Religious Views
Quotations
References, Links, & Further Reading

Education: Kinderhook Academy

Occupation: lawyer

Political Affiliation: Democrat

Religious Affiliation: Dutch Reformed

Summary of Religious Views:

Franklin Steiner, in his book The Religious Beliefs Of Our Presidents, categorized Van Buren among "Presidents Whose Religious Views Are Doubtful."

Views on Religion & Politics:

Quotations:

"All forms of religion have united for the first time to diffuse charity and piety, because for the first time in the history of nations all have been totally untrammeled and absolutely free." -- Second Annual Message to Congress, 3 December 1838

References, Links, & Further Reading: Books, Articles, Links

Books

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Works by Martin Van Buren

ed. by John C. Fitzpatrick, The Autobiography of Martin Van Buren, (Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1918, Vol. II), 1920; reprint
Inquiry into the origin and course of political parties in the United States, Hurd and Houghton, 1867; reprint

Biographies

Holmes Alexander, The American Talleyrand: The Career and Contemporaries of Martin Van Buren, Eighth President, Harper & Bros., 1935
James Bradley, Martin Van Buren: America's First Politician, Oxford Univ. Press, 2024
Donald Cole, Martin Van Buren And The American Political System, Princeton Univ. Press, 1984
James C. Curtis, The Fox at Bay: Martin Van Buren and the Presidency, 1837-1841, Univ. Press of Kentucky, 1970
Pierre-Marie Loizeau, Martin Van Buren: The Little Magician, Nova Novinka, 2011
William Lyon Mackenzie, The Life and Times of Martin Van Buren: The Correspondence of His Friends ..., Cooke & Co., 1846; reprint
Jerome Mushkat and Joseph G. Rayback, Martin Van Buren: Law, Politics, and the Shaping of Republican Ideology, Northern Illinois Univ. Press, 1997
John Niven, Martin Van Buren : The Romantic Age of American Politics, Oxford Univ. Press, 1983
Robert Remini, Martin Van Buren and the Making of the Democratic Party, Columbia Univ. Press, 1959
Joel Silbey, Martin Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular Politics, Rowman & Littlefield, 2002
Ted Widmer, Martin Van Buren, Times Books, 2004
Major L. Wilson, The Presidency of Martin Van Buren, Univ. Press of Kansas, 1984

Articles

Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, "Martin Van Buren: The Greatest American President," The Independent Review, Vol. IV, No. 2, Fall 1999, pp. 255-281

Links

Works by Martin Van Buren

Martin Van Buren (American Presidency Project)
Martin Van Buren: Historic Speeches (Presidential Rhetoric)
Inaugural Address (AMDOCS)
Inaugural Address (Bartleby)

Biographical Sites

Martin Van Buren (POTUS)
Martin Van Buren (White House)
Martin Van Buren (American President)
Martin Van Buren (USA Presidents)
VAN BUREN, Martin, 1782-1862 (Biographical Directory of the US Congress)
Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) (Department of State)
Life Portrait of Martin Van Buren (C-SPAN)
Martin van Buren [1782-1862] (New Netherland Institute)
Martin Van Buren: The American Gladstone (Ludwig von Mises Institute)
Martin Van Buren (Medical History of the Presidents of the United States)