The Van Alens and Van Burens
- James I. Van Alen (1776–1870), Clerk of Kinderhook, New York 1797-1801; delegate to the New York Constitutional Convention 1801 1803; Justice of the Peace in New York 1801-1804; New York Assemblyman 1804; U.S. Representative from New York 1807-1809. Brother of Martin Van Buren.
- Martin Van Buren (1782–1862), New York State Senator 1813-1820, Attorney General of New York 1816-1819, delegate to the New York Constitutional Convention 1821, U.S. Senator from New York 1821-1828, Governor of New York 1829, U.S. Secretary of States 1829-1831, U.S. Minister to Great Britain 1831-1832, Vice President of the United States 1833-1837, President of the United States 1837-1841, candidate for President of the United States 1848. Brother of James I. Van Alen.
- John Van Buren (1810–1866), Attorney General of New York 1845-1847, candidate for Attorney General of New York 1865. Son of Martin Van Buren.
NOTE: Marin Van Buren was also brother-in-law of New York State Senator Moses I. Cantine and great-uncle by marriage of Green Bay, Wisconsin Mayor Arthur C. Neville. Van Buren's son, Smith, married Henrietta Irving, niece of U.S. Minister Washington Irving.
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Famous quotes containing the word van:
“The first day that we landed upon that fatal shore
The planters they came round us full twenty score or more,
They rank’d us up like horses, and sold us out of hand
Then yok’d us unto ploughs, my boys, to plow Van
Dieman’s Land.”
—Unknown. Van Dieman’s Land (l. 9–12)