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Former U.S. President Martin Van Buren, 79, dies in Kinderhook, New York 160 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 24 1862)


Video: 'American President #8: Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)'

(Thursday, July 24, 1862, 2:00 a.m. local time)Martin Van Buren, the 8th president of the United States from 1837 to 1841 and the first to have been born after the American Revolution, died this morning of bronchial asthma and heart failure at his Lindenwald estate in Kinderhook, New York, the town where he was born in 1782. Van Buren was 79. Continue reading Former U.S. President Martin Van Buren, 79, dies in Kinderhook, New York 160 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 24 1862)