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. | |  Barent Van Buren (1776-1849) — of Ghent,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.Born in Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,June 8,1776.Postmaster;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Columbia County, 1818-19.ChristianReformed.Dutchancestry.Died in Kinderhook,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,January22, 1849 (age72 years, 228days).Intermentsomewherein Ghent, N.Y.  | 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) |
 | John Van Buren (1810-1866) — also known as"Prince John" — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Hudson,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,February10, 1810.Lawyer;NewYork state attorney general, 1845-47; appointed 1845; defeated,1847, 1865; in September 1845, during a trial, he and opposingcounselAmbroseL. Jordancame toblows in the courtroom; both weresentencedto 24 hours solitary confinement in jail; hisresignationas Attorney General was refused by the governor.Died, fromexposure,on boardthe shipScotia, en route from Liverpool to New York, intheNorthAtlantic Ocean,October13, 1866 (age56 years, 245days).Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | Thomas Brodhead Van Buren (1824-1889) — also known asThomas B. Van Buren — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Clermont,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,June 20,1824.Lawyer;general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 15th District, 1865; U.S.Consul General inKanagawa, 1874-85.Member,UnionLeague.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,October13, 1889 (age65 years, 115days).Interment atBrooksideCemetery, Englewood, N.J.; cenotaph atSte. Marguerite Anglo-American Church, Nice, France. | | William Walter Phelps (1839-1894) — also known asWilliam W. Phelps — of Englewood,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August24, 1839.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1873-75, 1883-89;U.S. Minister toAustria-Hungary, 1881-82;Germany, 1889-93; Judge, New Jersey Court of Errors andAppeals, 1893-94.Died in Englewood,BergenCounty, N.J.,June 17,1894 (age54 years, 297days).Entombed atHopMeadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof John Jay Phelps and Rachel Badgerly (Phinney) Phelps; married1860 to EllenMaria Sheffield (sister-in-law ofThomasBrodhead Van Buren; aunt ofHaroldSheffield Van Buren); father ofSheffieldPhelps; nephew ofNormanA. Phelps; grandfather ofPhelpsPhelps; great-grandnephew ofNoahPhelps; sixth great-grandson ofThomasWelles; first cousin twice removed ofElishaPhelps; second cousin ofHiramBidwell Case; second cousin once removed ofJohnSmith Phelps; third cousin once removed ofAmosPettibone andGeorgeSmith Catlin; third cousin twice removed ofAugustusPettibone,GaylordGriswold,HezekiahCase andRufusPettibone; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnStrong,OliverEllsworth,ChaunceyGoodrich,ElizurGoodrich,AugustusSeymour Porter andPeterBuell Porter; fourth cousin ofCharlesJenkins Hayden andAsahelPierson Case; fourth cousin once removed ofParmenioAdams,AugustusHerman Pettibone,NelsonPlatt Wheeler,WilliamEgbert Wheeler,AllenJacob Holcomb,ArthurBurnham Woodford andCarlTrumbull Hayden. | | | | Political families:Phelpsfamily of Connecticut;VanBuren-Phelpsfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —U.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Harold Sheffield Van Buren (1855-1907) — also known asHarold S. Van Buren — of New Jersey. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October6, 1855.U.S. Consular Marshal inKanagawa, 1880-85; U.S. Consul inNice, 1897-1907, died in office 1907.Died in Nice,France,February11, 1907 (age51 years, 128days).Interment atSte. Marguerite Anglo-American Church, Nice, France; cenotaphatOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Mabel Thorp Boardman (1860-1946) — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,October12, 1860.Member, Board of Incorporators, Red Cross, 1900; also served as RedCross national secretary;memberDistrict of Columbia board of commissioners, 1920-21.Female.Episcopalian.Member,ColonialDames;Daughters of theAmerican Revolution.Died, from acoronarythrombosis, inWashington,D.C.,March17, 1946 (age85 years, 156days).Entombed atWashingtonNational Cathedral, Washington, D.C. | | Sheffield Phelps (1864-1902) — of Teaneck,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,July 24,1864.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from NewJersey,1900.Died, oftyphoidfever, in Aiken,AikenCounty, S.C.,December9, 1902 (age38 years, 138days).Entombed atHopMeadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Conn. | | Phelps Phelps (1897-1981) — also known asPhelps von Rottenburg — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.; Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.; Wildwood,Cape MayCounty, N.J.Born in Bonn,Germany,May4, 1897.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1924-28, 1937-38 (New York County 10th District1924-28, New York County 3rd District 1937-38); delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1932;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1936,1948(alternate); member ofNew Yorkstate senate 13th District, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War II;Governor ofAmerican Samoa, 1951-52; U.S. Ambassador toDominican Republic, 1952-53; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New Jersey,1956,1960,1964(alternate);delegateto New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1966.Episcopalian.Member,Sons ofthe Revolution;PsiUpsilon;UrbanLeague;Elks;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Societyof Colonial Wars;UnionLeague;DeltaTheta Phi.Died in Wildwood,Cape MayCounty, N.J.,June 10,1981 (age84 years, 37days).Cremated;ashes interred atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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