Martin+VAN+BUREN+(1837-1841)

//__Election of 1837-__ // //Jackson wanted to make Van Buren president in order to carry on his legacy. The only other political party he went against were the Whigs. William Henry Harrison, Daniel Webster, and two others were the other candidates running against Van Buren. He won and continued on with Jackson's policies. //
 * **Dates In office: 1837-1841 ** ||  ||
 * **Political Party: Democratic Party ** ||  ||
 * //Notes on Election(s): //

//__Election of 1840__- // The U.S. economy was spiraling downward, and other issues, such as slavery, western expansion, and tensions with Great Britain were being brought up.All these things provided opportunities for his opponents reasons to criticize his actions. The Whigs were becoming a stronger political party during this time. The Whigs prevailed and William Henry Harrison was elected. ||  || Secretary of State[|John Forsyth] (1837-41) Secretary of the Treasury[| Levi Woodbury] (1837-41) Secretary of WarJoel R. Poinsett (1837-41) Attorney GeneralBenjamin F. Butler (1837-38) Felix Grundy (1838-39) Henry D. Gilpin (1840-41) Postmaster General[|Amos Kendall] (1837-40) John M. Niles (1840-41) Secretary of the NavyMahlon Dickerson (1837-38) James K. Paulding (1838-41) ||  || //__Economic Panic of 1837__- English banks stopped pumping money into the American economy, U.S banks had began to overextend credit to too many people and had to call in loans, and President Jackson's "hard" money policy and ////especially the 1836 Specie Circular only made the problem worse. //
 * //Vice President(s): Richard M. Johnson // ||  ||
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//__Slavery, New Territories, and Native Americans__- The annexation of Texas brought about the issue of slavery since a new state was being added and would need to be marked free or slave. He decided that he wouldn't support annexation which calmed tension of territorial expansion and slavery. Van Buren had supported the Indian Removal Act of 1830 which forced Indians to lands west of the Mississippi River. Many Native American tribes fought back and resisted force. // ||  || //Van Buren faced a diplomatic crisis with Great Britain and it grew out of tensions between Americans, Canadians, and British soldiers. A small section of ////Canada sought to gain independence from Britain in late 1837 and some Americans began helping them. This cause confrontation between the U.S and Britain. ////Van Buren proclaimed U.S. neutrality in regard to the Canadian independence issue. Congress endorsed by passing a neutrality law designed to discourage the participation of American citizens in foreign conflicts. He prevented war but issues later came up again between Britain and residents of Maine with the signing of the ////<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Webster-Ashburton Treaty. // ||  || //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">President Van Buren was successful in territorial expansion and preventing wars between the U.S and Britain. He wasn't very successful in helping the economy out of the Panic in 1837 though. He brought up the issue of slavery during the annexation of Texas causing a lot of tension. // ||  ||
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">The issue of the annexation of Texas came up throughout his presidency ||  ||
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Van Buren wanted to return to presidency in 1844 but after writing a letter of how he didn't support the annexation of Texas led to his defeat by James K. Polk.
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Other Media/interesting things you've found/created:

1832 Whig cartoon shows Jackson carrying Van Buren into office

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