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In this Dutch name, the surname is Van Buren, not Buren.
John Van Buren
John Van Buren (photo between 1855 and 1865)
21st Attorney General of New York
In office February 3, 1845 – December 31, 1847
Governor
Silas Wright John Young
Preceded by
George P. Barker
Succeeded by
Ambrose L. Jordan
Personal details
Born
(1810-02-18)February 18, 1810[1] Hudson, New York, U.S.
Died
October 13, 1866(1866-10-13) (aged 56) Near Cape Race, Newfoundland
Resting place
Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York
Political party
Democratic Party
Other political affiliations
Free Soil Party
Spouse
Elizabeth Vanderpoel
(m. 1841; died 1844)
Relations
Abraham Van Buren II (brother)
Children
Anna Van Buren
Parent(s)
Martin Van Buren Hannah Hoes
Alma mater
Yale College (1828)
Profession
Lawyer
John Van Buren (February 18, 1810 – October 13, 1866) was an American lawyer, official and politician. In addition to serving as a key advisor to his father, President Martin Van Buren, he was also Attorney General of New York from 1845 to 1847.
A son of Hannah (née Hoes) and Martin Van Buren, John Van Buren graduated from Yale University, studied law, and attained admission to the bar in 1830. He served as secretary of the U.S. legation when Martin Van Buren was US Minister to Britain in 1831 and 1832, after which he practiced law in Albany, New York. He returned to England in from 1838 to 1839, and attended the Coronation of Queen Victoria. Van Buren served as New York's attorney general from 1845 to 1847, and was the chief prosecutor of the leaders of the Anti-Rent War.
Van Buren later practiced law in New York City, where he developed a reputation as an effective trial attorney, with his memory for details and oratorical skills making him a formidable courtroom advocate. In 1848, Van Buren led the Barnburners—New York Democrats opposed to the election of Lewis Cass as president on the grounds that he was too friendly to the slaveholding South. Van Buren persuaded his father to run as the candidate of the Barnburners and the Free Soil Party in order to defeat Cass; Martin Van Buren won enough votes in New York to enable Zachary Taylor to defeat Cass and win the presidency.
In Van Buren's later years he traveled extensively; he died aboard ship while en route from England to New York, and was buried at Albany Rural Cemetery.
^Youngs, Florence E. (1905). Genealogical Record of the Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York. Vol. 1. New York, NY: Saint Nicholas Society. p. 166.
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