VAN BUREN, MARTIN. Born at Kinderhook, New York, December 5, 1782;
admitted to the bar, 1803; entered New York State Senate, 1812; United
States senator, 1821-28; governor of New York, 1828-29; secretary of
state, 1829-31; Vice-President, 1833-37; President, 1837-41; defeated
for President, 1840, 1844, 1848; died at Kinderhook, July 24, 1862.
HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY. Born at Berkeley, Charles City County,
Virginia, February 9, 1773; governor of Indiana Territory, 1801-13; won
victory of Tippecanoe, 1811, and of the Thames, 1813; member of
Congress, 1816-19; United States senator, 1825-28; minister to Colombia,
1828-29; defeated for Presidency, 1836; elected President in the
"log-cabin and hard-cider" campaign, 1840; inaugurated, March 4, 1841;
died at Washington, April 4, 1841.
TYLER, JOHN. Born at Greenway, Charles City County, Virginia, March 29,
1790; admitted to the bar, 1809; member of Virginia legislature,
1811-16; member of Congress, 1816-21; governor of Virginia, 1825-27;
United States senator, 1827-36; elected Vice-President, 1840, and
succeeded to Presidency on the death of General Harrison, April 4, 1841;
president of the peace convention of 1861, favored secession and served
as member of the Confederate provisional Congress; died at Richmond,
Virginia, January 18, 1862.
POLK, JAMES KNOX.
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