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Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Kinderhook New York

1013 Old Post Road
Kinderhook NY 12106
United States
Phone: (518) 758-6986

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Politics before the Civil War was a whirlwind of opposing interest groups. Martin Van Buren was able to unite those groups becoming president in 1837, but he was unable to gain a second term. As frustration and violence over the extension of slavery grew in the 1840's, Van Buren ran for the presidency twice more from this house. He hoped for re-election but failed, ultimately, just as the union.

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