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Martin Van Buren
(December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was an American statesman who served as the eighth
president of the United States
from 1837 to 1841. A founder of the
Democratic Party
, he won the
1836 presidential election
with the endorsement of popular outgoing President
Andrew Jackson
and the organizational strength of his party. He lost his
1840 reelection bid
to the
Whig Party
nominee
William Henry Harrison
, thanks in part to the poor economic conditions surrounding the
Panic of 1837
, a
financial crisis
that touched off a major
depression
. This
line engraving
of Van Buren was produced around 1902 by the
Department of the Treasury
's
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
(BEP) as part of a
BEP presentation album
of the first 26 presidents.
Engraving credit:
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
; restored by
Andrew Shiva
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