Born: December 5, 1782 in Kinderhook, NY
Died: July 24, 1862 at his home, "Lindenwald"
Died: July 24, 1862 at his home, "Lindenwald"
- Senator and VP from New York
- Vice President - Richard Mentor Johnson
- 1803 - Studied law and was admitted to the bar and practiced in Kinderhook, NY
- 1809 - Moved to Hudson NY
- 1813 - 1820 - Member of state senate
- 1816 - 1819 - Attny General of NY
- 1821 - Delegate to the State Constitutional Convention
- Elected to U.S. Senate; re-elected in 1827 and served from March 4, 1821 - December 20, 1828 when he resigned - being elected governor.
- Governor of NY from January to March of 1829 when he resigned to enter the Cabinet.
- Secretary of State in the Cabinet of Andrew Jackson from March 1829 until he resigned May of 1831 when he became the Minister to Great Britain.
- Senate rejected his nomination in January 1832; returned to U.S.
- Elected, as a Democrat, Vice President of the United States under Jackson and served from March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1837
- Elected, as a Democrat, the 8th President of the United States and served from March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1841
- Unsuccessful candidate for re-election as President on the Democratic ticket in 1840 and on the Free-Soil ticket in 1848.
- Withdrew from political life and retired to his home where he died.
President's Park in South Dakota 2005
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