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Cantine family of Marbletown, New York

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  John Cantine (1735-1808) — of Ulster County, N.Y. Born in Marbletown, Ulster County, N.Y., October 20, 1735. Member of New York state assembly from Ulster County, 1777-78, 1779-81, 1783-85, 1786-89; delegate to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Ulster County, 1788; member of New York state senate Middle District, 1789-97; member of New York council of appointment, 1790; elected U.S. Representative from New York 7th District 1801, but never took office. Died April 30, 1808 (age 72 years, 193 days). Interment at Quick Cemetery, Caroline, N.Y.
  Relatives: Brother of Matthew Cantine (born c.1737) and Peter Cantine Jr.; father of Moses I. Cantine.
  Political family: Cantine family of Marbletown, New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  Matthew Cantine — of New York. Born in Marbletown, Ulster County, N.Y. Delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1777. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Brother of John Cantine and Peter Cantine Jr.; uncle of Moses I. Cantine (1774-1823).
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Cantine family of Marbletown, New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  Peter Cantine Jr. — of Dutchess County, N.Y. Born in Marbletown, Ulster County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Dutchess County, 1787-88; member of New York state senate Middle District, 1797-1801. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Brother of John Cantine and Matthew Cantine (born c.1737); uncle of Moses I. Cantine.
  Political family: Cantine family of Marbletown, New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  Moses I. Cantine (1774-1823) — of Ulster County, N.Y. Born in Marbletown, Ulster County, N.Y., January 18, 1774. Member of New York state assembly from Ulster County, 1799-1800; member of New York state senate Middle District, 1814-18. Died June 24, 1823 (age 49 years, 157 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Cantine; married to the sister-in-law of Martin Van Buren; nephew of Matthew Cantine (born c.1737) and Peter Cantine Jr..
  Political family: Cantine family of Marbletown, New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
Martin Van_Buren Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) — also known as "The Little Magician"; "Old Kinderhook"; "Red Fox of Kinderhook"; "Matty Van"; "American Talleyrand"; "Blue Whiskey Van" — of Kinderhook, Columbia County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Kinderhook, Columbia County, N.Y., December 5, 1782. Lawyer; Columbia County Surrogate, 1808-13; member of New York state senate Middle District, 1812-20; New York state attorney general, 1815-19; appointed 1815; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S. Senator from New York, 1821-28; Governor of New York, 1829; U.S. Secretary of State, 1829-31; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1831-32; Vice President of the United States, 1833-37; President of the United States, 1837-41; defeated, 1840 (Democratic), 1848 (Free Soil); candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1844. Christian Reformed. Dutch ancestry. Slaveowner. Died, reportedly due to asthma, but more likely some kind of heart failure, in Kinderhook, Columbia County, N.Y., July 24, 1862 (age 79 years, 231 days). Interment at Kinderhook Cemetery, Kinderhook, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Abraham Van Buren (1737-1817) and Maria (Hoes) Van Alen Van Buren (1747-1817); half-brother of James Isaac Van Alen; married to the sister-in-law of Moses I. Cantine (1774-1823); married, February 21, 1807, to Hannah Hoes (1783-1819); father of John Van Buren; second cousin of Barent Van Buren; second cousin twice removed of Dirck Ten Broeck, Cornelis Cuyler and Thomas Brodhead Van Buren; second cousin thrice removed of Harold Sheffield Van Buren; third cousin twice removed of Theodore Roosevelt; fourth cousin of James Livingston; fourth cousin once removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston and Peter Gansevoort.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Cantine family of Marbletown, New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Sanford W. Smith — Jesse Hoyt — Charles Ogle
  Van Buren County, Ark., Van Buren County, Iowa, Van Buren County, Mich. and Van Buren County, Tenn. are named for him.
  The city of Van Buren, Arkansas, is named for him.  — The town of Van Buren, New York, is named for him.  — Mount Van Buren, in Palmer Land, Antarctica, is named for him.  — Martin Van Buren High School (opened 1955), in Queens Village, Queens, New York, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Martin Van Buren (built 1943 at Baltimore, Maryland; torpedoed and lost 1944 in the North Atlantic Ocean) was named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: M. V. B. EdgerlyM. V. B. JeffersonM. V. B. BennettVan B. WiskerMartin V. B. RowlandMartin V. B. IvesMartin V. B. ClarkMartin V. Godbey
  Opposition slogan (1840): "Van, Van, is a used-up man."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about Martin Van Buren: Major L. Wilson, The Presidency of Martin Van Buren — Joel H. Silbey, Martin Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular Politics — Jerome Mushkat & Robert G. Rayback, Martin Van Buren : Law, Politics, and the Shaping of Republican Ideology — John Niven, Martin Van Buren : The Romantic Age of American Politics — Ted Widmer, Martin Van Buren
  Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
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