Martin Van Buren died on 24 July 1862 in Kinderhook, aged 79. The eighth President of the United States, Van Buren was a New York lawyer and political organizer, nicknamed the Little Magician for his skill, who helped build the Democratic Party. He served as senator, governor of New York, secretary of state and vice president under Andrew Jackson, whom he succeeded as president in 1837. His term was dominated by the Panic of 1837 and the long depression that followed, and he lost the 1840 election to William Henry Harrison. In 1848 he ran again as the candidate of the anti-slavery Free Soil Party. He was the first president born as a citizen of the United States rather than as a British subject.
Before and after
- 7 June 1862Birth of Philipp Lenard
- 2 July 1862Birth of William Henry Bragg
- 14 July 1862Birth of Gustav Klimt
- 16 July 1862Discovery of Comet Swift–Tuttle
- 24 July 1862Death of Martin Van Buren
- from 14 August 1862 to 10 October 1862Confederate Heartland Offensive
- from 17 August 1862 to 26 December 1862Dakota War of 1862
- 22 August 1862Birth of Claude Debussy
- 29 August 1862Birth of Maurice Maeterlinck
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