Ruler · 1782 – 1862

Martin Van Buren

Lived 1782 – 1862; statesperson, politician, diplomat, writer. President of the United States (United States), 1837 – 1841.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1782 – 1862; 80 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; United States
Left it: lost an election; the ruler's own article

President of the United States

United States · the 8th of 48 dated reigns · 1789 – 2025

4 before

James Monroe1817 – 1825

John Quincy Adams1825 – 1829

Andrew Jackson1829 – 1837

Martin Van Buren1837 – 1841

Quentin Trembley1837 – …

William Henry Harrison1841

John Tyler1841 – 1845

37 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1837 – 1841 · 4 years · came to it aged 55

Left it: lost an electionread from the ruler's own article

the article also: resigned

In 1840, he lost his re-election bid to William Henry Harrison.

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