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Martin Van Buren

1782–1862

Martin Van Buren developed party organisation in New York, served as secretary of state and vice president, and became president in 1837. His administration was dominated by the economic crisis following the Panic of 1837, and he lost the 1840 election to William Henry Harrison.

Martin Van Buren also held the offices or ranks of President of the United States, Vice President of the United States, United States Secretary of State, and Governor of New York. Martin Van Buren belonged to the Van Buren family and operated within United States. Martin Van Buren was born in Kinderhook, New York.

In Barbara Hambly’s Death and Hard Cider, The investigation draws January into disputes among supporters of Harrison, Henry Clay and President Martin Van Buren, where campaign spectacle, personal rivalry and the protection of powerful families matter more than evidence.

Series

Historical novels and book series featuring Martin Van Buren (1 series)

Benjamin January Mysteries in Order

by Barbara Hambly 21 books 4.2(19,232)

Benjamin January is a free man of colour, a trained surgeon and a professional musician living in New Orleans during the decades before the American Civil War. His investigations move through Creole drawing rooms, music halls, hospitals, plantations, riverboats and slave quarters, where formal law is shaped by…

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