Abraham Van Buren II

Abraham Van Buren
Van Buren in 1860
Private Secretary to the President
In office
March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841
PresidentMartin Van Buren
Preceded byAndrew Jackson Donelson
Succeeded byHenry Huntington Harrison
Personal details
Born(1807-11-27)November 27, 1807
Kinderhook, New York, U.S.
DiedMarch 15, 1873(1873-03-15) (aged 65)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Spouse
(m. 1838)
Children4
Parent(s)Martin Van Buren (father)
Hannah Hoes (mother)
RelativesAbraham Van Buren (grandfather)
John Van Buren (brother)
James I. Van Alen (uncle)
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Years of service1827–1837
1846–1854
RankMajor
Lieutenant Colonel (Brevet)
UnitUnited States Army Pay Department
Battles/wars
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Abraham Van Buren II (November 27, 1807 – March 15, 1873) was an American soldier and the eldest son of Martin Van Buren, the eighth President of the United States and his wife, Hannah Hoes Van Buren. A career soldier and veteran of the Second Seminole War and Mexican–American War, Van Buren was named in honor of his paternal grandfather Abraham Van Buren, an officer in the Albany County militia during the Revolutionary War.

Van Buren served as his father's private secretary during his father's presidential term. In his later years, he helped oversee management of his wife's South Carolina plantation and traveled extensively in Europe.