Martin+Van+Buren

=Martin Van Buren= = "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." -Martin Van Buren = = Background Information: =

Eighth President of the United States Born on December 5, 1782, in Kinderhook, New York Died on July 24, 1862, in Kinderhook, New York  Graduated from Kinderhook Academy studied law Married Hannah Hoes Was a senator from New York Allied with Andrew Jackson and worked on his presidential campaign Created own faction the "bucktails" Was Secretary of State and Vice-President during Andrew Jackson's Presidency  = Presidency: =  __Term:__ Began in March 4, 1837 Ended in March 4, 1841

__Political Party:__ Democrat

__Cabinet:__ Vice President: Richard M. Johnson Secretary of State: John Forsyth Secretary of War: Joel R. Poinsett Secretary of the Treasury: Levi Woodbury

__Issues during Presidency:__ - Panic of 1837: economic depression, the English banks stop supplying money to the Americas, the National Bank was gone and due to Jackson's hard money policies did not help the economy, and the banks tried calling back all of their loans in order to try to keep themselves from going under. Congress then passed the Independent Treasury Bill in 1840. -Annexation of Texas: controversial because it would be another slave state in the union, so Van Buren said he was not in favor. Slavery becoming more of an issue that needs to be settled -Indian Removal Act of 1830: declared all Native Americans be relocated to the west of the Mississippi

__Important Points from Inaugural Address:__ __First Inaugural Address:__ "The success that has thus attended our great experiment is in itself a sufficient cause for gratitude, on account of the happiness it has actually conferred and the example it has unanswerably given" -U.S. government an experiment that is a success

 "The result authorizes me to believe that they have been approved and are confided in by a majority of the people of the United States, including those whom they most immediately affect. It now onl y remains to add that no bill conflicting with these views can ever receive my constitutional sanction." -Response to slavery, and that he does not take action for or against it

"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." -Will uphold his principles and ideals that are written in the constitution

-First post-revolution President, born in America U.S. citizen, saw political parties as a good thing -Tone in this inaugural was that everything is great, even though there is a lot of tension building on certain issues that is getting ready to erupt

=Legacy:= He assisted with Andrew Jackson's campaign which helped Jackson win the election. Also with passing the Indian Removal Act, a nation of peoples were seriously wronged of their rights and brutally killed trying to make the journey. When reviewing Martin Van Buren presidency, he illustrates the importance of knowing the government and understanding exactly what policies are being passed and vetoed.

Work Cited: Information: Martin Van Buren First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1837) [] http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/martinvanburen []

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