Martin Van Buren
1782 – 1862 American 8th President of the United States
Eighth U.S. president and architect of the Democratic Party.
- Religion
- Dutch Reformed
- Affiliations
- Democratic Party; not a Freemason.
Van Buren built the modern party system as a political organizer before becoming president. His term was dominated by the Panic of 1837 and the ongoing forced removal of Native Americans. He later ran for president on the antislavery Free Soil ticket.