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3 unusual facts about Martin Van Buren


Cape Poinsett

The cape was plotted from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump, 1946–48, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Joel R. Poinsett, Secretary of War under President Martin Van Buren, who was instrumental in the compilation and publication of the large number of scientific reports based on the work of the United States Exploring Expedition.

Iowa Highway 1

Portions of the route today date back to the late 1830s, when Martin Van Buren was president, making Iowa Highway 1 one of the oldest routes in the state, pre-dating the current primary highway system by nearly eighty years.

This road, authorized by President Martin Van Buren in 1839, was known as Dillon's Furrow, named after the Dubuque merchant Lyman Dillon who surveyed the route and marked it with a furrow.


Appointment and confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States

The expansion to nine members in 1837 allowed Andrew Jackson to appoint John Catron, and Martin Van Buren to appoint John McKinley; and the addition of a tenth seat in 1863 allowed Abraham Lincoln to name Stephen Johnson Field to the Court.

Cornelius P. Van Ness

His father was Judge Peter Van Ness (1734-1804), who owned most of the land which Martin Van Buren later purchased for construction of the Lindenwald estate.

Croton Aqueduct

Among those present were then-President of the United States John Tyler, former presidents John Quincy Adams and Martin van Buren, and Governor of New York William H. Seward.

Dutch name

However, Dutch names in English directories (e.g. reference lists of scientific papers) may be ordered on the full name including all prefixes (Van Rijn would be ordered under 'V'), partly because many Dutch emigrant families to English-speaking countries have had their prefixes capitalized for them, whether they liked it or not, like Martin Van Buren or Steve Van Dyck, and normal practise in English is to order on the first capitalized element.

Dutch Reformed Church

Former US Presidents Martin Van Buren and Theodore Roosevelt, both of Dutch descent, were affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church

James G. Berret

Upon leaving the legislature he was appointed to an office in the U.S. Treasury by President Martin Van Buren.

James Gordon Bennett, Sr.

In 1839, Bennett was granted the first ever exclusive interview to a United States President, Martin Van Buren.

Job Pierson

A passionate supporter of Andrew Jackson, Pierson filled his letters with accounts of the president and other major political figures, including Martin Van Buren, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John C. Calhoun, and discussed the issues that dominated Jacksonian politics, including the Cherokee nation's legal status, the Second Bank of the United States, the Tariff of 1833, and the Nullification Crisis.

Kendall, New York

The town was named after Amos Kendall, the U.S. Postmaster General under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren.

Lewisberry, Pennsylvania

In 1837, Lewisberry native Hervey Hammond began manufacture of the patented Hammond window sash spring, and in 1838, President Martin Van Buren installed Hammond springs in all of the White House's windows.

Sayles Jenks Bowen

President James K. Polk appointed Bowen to a clerkship in the Treasury Department in 1845, but revoked the appointment three years later when Bowen gained the reputation of a radical for distributing abolitionist propaganda; additionally, he supported Freesoil candidate Martin Van Buren in that year's presidential election rather than Polk's preferred successor, Lewis Cass.

Syracuse and Utica Railroad

Noted characters were frequently received there including Martin Van Buren, Henry Clay and Gerrit Smith.

Treaty of New Echota

Ross's petition was ignored by President Martin Van Buren, who soon directed General Winfield Scott to forcibly move all those Cherokee who had not yet complied with the treaty and moved west.

What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848

Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, James Monroe, DeWitt Clinton, Thomas Hart Benton, James Polk, Democratic Party, Whigs, abolitionists, evangelical Protestant sects, and slaveholders.


see also

1835 Democratic National Convention

Martin Van Buren defeated his many competitors for the presidency in the election of 1836.

Martin Van Buren Bates

Martin Van Buren Bates (November 9, 1837 – January 7, 1919), known as the "Kentucky Giant" among other nicknames, was a Civil War-era American famed for his incredibly large size.

Samuel Birdsall

Born in Hillsdale, New York, Birdsall attended the common schools, and studied law in the office of Martin Van Buren.

Sappho, Washington

The town was founded by Martin Van Buren Lamoreux, who left St. John, Kansas in 1889 with 8 of his 10 children, his second wife and her 3 children from a prior marriage.