Queries from citizens asking about his views on the events of the day offered Van Buren the opportunity to defend his record and embrace the Jacksonian ideals that he and the Democratic Party claimed to represent: strict adherence to the Constitution, the protection of states' rights, and a federal government of limited powers that would not usurp the power of the people.
His remarks, which took the form of letters to his questioners, were often reprinted in Democratic newspapers. Van Buren remained optimistic about his chances for re-election until October , by which time it became unlikely that he would defeat Harrison. An astonishing eighty percent of eligible voters went to the polls on election day.
Van Buren remained close in the popular vote but Harrison crushed him in the electoral college. The president failed to carry even his home state of New York. Grant Rutherford B. Hayes James A. Garfield Chester A. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Bush Bill Clinton George W. Help inform the discussion Support the Miller Center. University of Virginia Miller Center.
Martin Van Buren: Campaigns and Elections. Breadcrumb U. The Campaign and Election of Martin Van Buren worked hard to build his friendship and political alliance with President Jackson and these efforts came to fruition in when Van Buren ran as Jackson's chosen successor.
The Campaign and Election of Van Buren easily won the Democratic nomination for a second term, but he and his party faced a difficult election in Bereft of tools to combat the depression, Van Buren failed in his re-election bid, losing to the popular William Henry Harrison. In Van Buren, now representing the anti-slavery Free Soil Party, failed in his attempt to reclaim the presidency. Explore This Park. Place Of Birth:.
Date Of Birth:. His vice president was Richard Mentor Johnson. Van Buren was president during the Panic of , a recession that lasted until the mids. He was also president during the forced removal of Native Americans from their homes, a process begun under President Andrew Jackson which became known as the Trail of Tears. After running for re-election as a Democrat in , Van Buren sought the presidency again in as a member of the anti-slavery Free Soil Party.
Below is an abbreviated outline of Van Buren's professional and political career: [1]. His father was a farmer and ran a tavern. Van Buren became an apprentice to a lawyer when he was 14 years old. Soon after being admitted to the Bar in , he started his own legal practice. In , he was appointed attorney general of New York. Senate in Van Buren was elected governor of New York in but left the office after a few months when Jackson appointed him secretary of state.
Van Buren was Jackson's running mate in the election, and served as vice president from to Supported by Jackson, Van Buren was elected president in , defeating William Henry Harrison and two other Whig Party candidates, as well as an independent candidate. He won 45 percent of the vote and of the electoral votes. The Panic of began during the spring of Van Buren's first year in office and lasted until the mids.
The financial crisis was set in motion during Jackson's presidency, who took federal funds from the Bank of the United States and redistributed them to state banks. Many banks across the country printed paper money and gave out loans that they could not back up with silver and gold. The bubble from the increase in lending burst in Van Buren proposed the creation of an independent treasury to house federal funds, but this legislation was not passed during his time in office.
Van Buren continued the policy of forcibly removing Native Americans from their homes, which was enacted under President Andrew Jackson and became known as the Trail of Tears.
In , Van Buren ordered the removal of remaining Cherokees in Georgia. It is estimated that over 5, Cherokees died during this relocation. Van Buren was also president during the Amistad trial. The case concerned 53 Africans who were illegally enslaved by two Spanish men. En route to Cuba, the slaves took over the ship, killing two crew members and ordering the rest to sail to Africa. When the ship was intercepted by an American ship, the slaves were imprisoned. Van Buren was in favor of extraditing the slaves to Cuba, as Spain had requested, but the lobbying of abolitionists resulted in a trial for the slaves.
The case made it to the U.
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