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Later years of Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren: 1848 U.S. presidential campaign posterAn 1848 campaign poster featuring Martin Van Buren (left) and Charles F. Adams, the Free-Soil Party presidential and vice presidential candidates, respectively.
Martin Van BurenU.S. Pres. Martin Van Buren.
Four years later the Democrats were bitterly divided over the question of the annexation of Texas, and Van Buren, who continued to oppose annexation, was passed over in favor of James K. Polk, who won the election on a platform calling for the annexation of both Texas and Oregon. In 1848 Van Buren ran as a candidate of the Free Soil Party, which included members of the antislavery factions of the Democratic Party (the āBarnburnersā) and the Whig Party, but he received only 10 percent of the vote. He spent several years in Europe and then retired to his estate, Lindenwald, in Kinderhook.
Cabinet of Pres. Martin Van Buren
The table provides a list of cabinet members in the administration of Pres. Martin Van Buren.
| March 4, 1837āMarch 3, 1841 | |
|---|---|
| State | John Forsyth |
| Treasury | Levi Woodbury |
| War | Joel Roberts Poinsett |
| Navy | Mahlon Dickerson James Kirke Paulding (from July 1, 1838) |
| Attorney General | Benjamin Franklin Butler Felix Grundy (from September 1, 1838) Henry Dilworth Gilpin (from January 11, 1840) |
This article was most recently revised and updated by Tracy Grant.