Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  John Cantine (1735-1808) — ofUlsterCounty, N.Y.Born in Marbletown,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,October20, 1735.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Ulster County, 1777-78, 1779-81, 1783-85,1786-89;delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from UlsterCounty, 1788; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Middle District, 1789-97; member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1790; electedU.S.Representative from New York 7th District 1801, but never tookoffice.DiedApril30, 1808 (age72 years, 193days).Interment atQuickCemetery, Caroline, N.Y. | | Matthew Cantine — of New York. Born in Marbletown,UlsterCounty, N.Y.Delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1777.Burial location unknown. | | Peter Cantine Jr. — ofDutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in Marbletown,UlsterCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Dutchess County, 1787-88; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Middle District, 1797-1801.Burial location unknown. | | Moses I. Cantine (1774-1823) — ofUlsterCounty, N.Y.Born in Marbletown,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,January18, 1774.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Ulster County, 1799-1800; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Middle District, 1814-18.DiedJune 24,1823 (age49 years, 157days).Burial location unknown.  | Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) — also known as"The Little Magician";"OldKinderhook";"Red Fox of Kinderhook";"Matty Van";"American Talleyrand";"Blue Whiskey Van" —of Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.; Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,December5, 1782.Lawyer;ColumbiaCounty Surrogate, 1808-13; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Middle District, 1812-20;New Yorkstate attorney general, 1815-19; appointed 1815;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821;U.S.Senator from New York, 1821-28;Governor ofNew York, 1829;U.S.Secretary of State, 1829-31; U.S. Minister toGreat Britain, 1831-32;VicePresident of the United States, 1833-37;Presidentof the United States, 1837-41; defeated, 1840 (Democratic), 1848(Free Soil); candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1844.ChristianReformed.Dutchancestry.Slaveowner. Died, reportedly due toasthma,but more likely some kind ofheartfailure, in Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,July 24,1862 (age79 years, 231days).Interment atKinderhookCemetery, Kinderhook, N.Y.| |  Relatives: Sonof Abraham Van Buren and Maria (Hoes) Van Alen Van Buren;half-brother ofJamesIsaac Van Alen; married to the sister-in-law ofMosesI. Cantine; married,February21, 1807, to Hannah Hoes; father ofJohnVan Buren; second cousin ofBarentVan Buren; second cousin twice removed ofDirckTen Broeck,CornelisCuyler andThomasBrodhead Van Buren; second cousin thrice removed ofHaroldSheffield Van Buren; third cousin twice removed ofTheodoreRoosevelt; fourth cousin ofJamesLivingston; fourth cousin once removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston andPeterGansevoort. | | | | Political families:VanBuren-Phelpsfamily of New York City, New York;VanBurenfamily of New York;Cantinefamily of Marbletown, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:SanfordW. Smith —JesseHoyt —CharlesOgle | | | | Van BurenCounty, Ark.,Van BurenCounty, Iowa,Van BurenCounty, Mich. andVan BurenCounty, Tenn. are named for him. | | | | ThecityofVanBuren, Arkansas, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofVanBuren, New York, isnamed forhim. —MountVan Buren, inPalmerLand, Antarctica, isnamed forhim. — Martin Van BurenHighSchool (opened 1955), in Queens Village,Queens,New York, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Martin Van Buren (built 1943 atBaltimore,Maryland; torpedoed and lost 1944 in theNorthAtlantic Ocean) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:M.V. B. Edgerly—M.V. B. Jefferson—M.V. B. Bennett—VanB. Wisker—MartinV. B. Rowland—MartinV. B. Ives—MartinV. B. Clark—MartinV. Godbey | | | | Opposition slogan (1840): "Van, Van, isa used-up man." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Martin Van Buren: Major L.Wilson,ThePresidency of Martin Van Buren — Joel H. Silbey,MartinVan Buren and the Emergence of American PopularPolitics — Jerome Mushkat & Robert G. Rayback,MartinVan Buren : Law, Politics, and the Shaping of RepublicanIdeology — John Niven,MartinVan Buren : The Romantic Age of American Politics —Ted Widmer,MartinVan Buren | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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