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- 1782-1862. 8th president of the USA, a
- Democrat, born in Kinderhook, New York, of
- Dutch ancestry. He was a senator 1821-28,
- governor of New York State 1828-29, secretary
- of state 1829-31, minister to Britain
- 1831-33, vice president 1833-37, and
- president 1837-41. He initiated the
- independent treasury system, but his refusal
- to spend land revenues cost him the 1840
- election. He lost the 1844 Democratic
- nomination to Polk, and in 1848 ran
- unsuccessfully for president as the Free Soil
- candidate.
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