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	Barent Van Buren (1776-1849) — of Ghent, Columbia County, N.Y. Born in Kinderhook, Columbia County, N.Y., June 8, 1776. Postmaster; member of New York state assembly from Columbia County, 1818-19. Christian Reformed. Dutch ancestry. Died in Kinderhook, Columbia County, N.Y., January 22, 1849 (age 72 years, 228 days). Interment somewhere in Ghent, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Peter Van Buren and Dorothea (Fryemoet) Van Buren; married, September 7, 1797, to Catherine Vosburgh; grandfather of Thomas Brodhead Van Buren; great-grandfather of Harold Sheffield Van Buren; second cousin of Martin Van Buren; second cousin once removed of John Van Buren; second cousin twice removed of Dirck Ten Broeck and Cornelis Cuyler; 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: VanBuren-Phelps family of New York City, New York; VanBuren family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
	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 and Maria (Hoes) Van Alen Van Buren; half-brother of James Isaac Van Alen; married to the sister-in-law of Moses I. Cantine; married, February 21, 1807, to Hannah Hoes; 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: VanBuren-Phelps family of New York City, New York; VanBuren family of New York; Cantine family of Marbletown, New York (subsets of the Four 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. Edgerly — M. V. B. Jefferson — M. V. B. Bennett — Van B. Wisker — Martin V. B. Rowland — Martin V. B. Ives — Martin V. B. Clark — Martin 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)
	John Van Buren (1810-1866) — also known as "Prince John" — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Hudson, Columbia County, N.Y., February 10, 1810. Lawyer; New York state attorney general, 1845-47; appointed 1845; defeated, 1847, 1865; in September 1845, during a trial, he and opposing counsel Ambrose L. Jordan came to blows in the courtroom; both were sentenced to 24 hours solitary confinement in jail; his resignation as Attorney General was refused by the governor. Died, from exposure, on board the ship Scotia, en route from Liverpool to New York, in the North Atlantic Ocean, October 13, 1866 (age 56 years, 245 days). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Martin Van Buren and Hannah (Hoes) Van Buren; married, June 22, 1841, to Elizabeth Vanderpoel; nephew of James Isaac Van Alen; second cousin once removed of Barent Van Buren; second cousin thrice removed of Dirck Ten Broeck and Cornelis Cuyler; third cousin once removed of Thomas Brodhead Van Buren; third cousin twice removed of Harold Sheffield Van Buren; fourth cousin once removed of James Livingston.   Political families: VanBuren-Phelps family of New York City, New York; VanBuren family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article   Image source: Library of Congress
	Thomas Brodhead Van Buren (1824-1889) — also known as Thomas B. Van Buren — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Clermont, Columbia County, N.Y., June 20, 1824. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of New York state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1865; U.S. Consul General in Kanagawa, 1874-85. Member, Union League. Died in San Francisco, Calif., October 13, 1889 (age 65 years, 115 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, N.J.; cenotaph at Ste. Marguerite Anglo-American Church, Nice, France.   Relatives: Son of Peter Van Buren and Mary (Brodhead) Van Buren; married 1853 to Harriet Carthy Sheffield (sister-in-law of William Walter Phelps); father of Harold Sheffield Van Buren; grandson of Barent Van Buren; second cousin twice removed of Martin Van Buren; second cousin four times removed of Dirck Ten Broeck and Cornelis Cuyler; third cousin once removed of John Van Buren.   Political families: Phelps family of Connecticut; VanBuren-Phelps family of New York City, New York; VanBuren family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	William Walter Phelps (1839-1894) — also known as William W. Phelps — of Englewood, Bergen County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 24, 1839. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1873-75, 1883-89; U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1881-82; Germany, 1889-93; Judge, New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals, 1893-94. Died in Englewood, Bergen County, N.J., June 17, 1894 (age 54 years, 297 days). Entombed at Hop Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Conn.   Relatives: Son of John Jay Phelps and Rachel Badgerly (Phinney) Phelps; married 1860 to Ellen Maria Sheffield (sister-in-law of Thomas Brodhead Van Buren; aunt of Harold Sheffield Van Buren); father of Sheffield Phelps; nephew of Norman A. Phelps; grandfather of Phelps Phelps; great-grandnephew of Noah Phelps; sixth great-grandson of Thomas Welles; first cousin twice removed of Elisha Phelps; second cousin of Hiram Bidwell Case; second cousin once removed of John Smith Phelps; third cousin once removed of Amos Pettibone and George Smith Catlin; third cousin twice removed of Augustus Pettibone, Gaylord Griswold, Hezekiah Case and Rufus Pettibone; third cousin thrice removed of John Strong, Oliver Ellsworth, Chauncey Goodrich, Elizur Goodrich, Augustus Seymour Porter and Peter Buell Porter; fourth cousin of Charles Jenkins Hayden and Asahel Pierson Case; fourth cousin once removed of Parmenio Adams, Augustus Herman Pettibone, Nelson Platt Wheeler, William Egbert Wheeler, Allen Jacob Holcomb, Arthur Burnham Woodford and Carl Trumbull Hayden.   Political families: Phelps family of Connecticut; VanBuren-Phelps family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Harold Sheffield Van Buren (1855-1907) — also known as Harold S. Van Buren — of New Jersey. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 6, 1855. U.S. Consular Marshal in Kanagawa, 1880-85; U.S. Consul in Nice, 1897-1907, died in office 1907. Died in Nice, France, February 11, 1907 (age 51 years, 128 days). Interment at Ste. Marguerite Anglo-American Church, Nice, France; cenotaph at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Brodhead Van Buren and Harriet (Sheffield) Van Buren; married, October 18, 1888, to Anne Moore Thorburn; nephew of Ellen Maria Sheffield (who married William Walter Phelps); great-grandson of Barent Van Buren; first cousin of Mabel Thorp Boardman and Sheffield Phelps; first cousin once removed of Phelps Phelps; second cousin thrice removed of Martin Van Buren; second cousin five times removed of Dirck Ten Broeck and Cornelis Cuyler; third cousin twice removed of Jesse Hoyt and John Van Buren.   Political families: Phelps family of Connecticut; VanBuren-Phelps family of New York City, New York; Boardman-Bostwick-Phelps-Sheffield family of Connecticut and Ohio; VanBuren family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cross-reference: Frederic MacMaster   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Mabel Thorp Boardman (1860-1946) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 12, 1860. Member, Board of Incorporators, Red Cross, 1900; also served as Red Cross national secretary; member District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1920-21. Female. Episcopalian. Member, Colonial Dames; Daughters of the American Revolution. Died, from a coronary thrombosis, in Washington, D.C., March 17, 1946 (age 85 years, 156 days). Entombed at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Daughter of William Jarvis Boardman and Florence (Sheffield) Boardman; grandniece of William Whiting Boardman; great-granddaughter of Elijah Boardman; first cousin of Harold Sheffield Van Buren and Sheffield Phelps; first cousin once removed of Phelps Phelps; first cousin thrice removed of William Bostwick and Daniel Warner Bostwick; second cousin thrice removed of Timothy Pitkin; third cousin once removed of Frank Fiske Bostwick; third cousin twice removed of Jabez Bostwick, Henry Meigs and Jesse Hoyt; fourth cousin once removed of Henry Meigs Jr., John Forsyth Jr., Ezra Bostwick and Judson B. Phelps.   Political families: Phelps family of Connecticut; VanBuren-Phelps family of New York City, New York; Boardman-Bostwick-Phelps-Sheffield family of Connecticut and Ohio (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article
	Sheffield Phelps (1864-1902) — of Teaneck, Bergen County, N.J. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., July 24, 1864. Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1900. Died, of typhoid fever, in Aiken, Aiken County, S.C., December 9, 1902 (age 38 years, 138 days). Entombed at Hop Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Ellen (Sheffield) Phelps and William Walter Phelps; married, June 1, 1892, to Claudia Wright Lea (daughter of Preston Lea); uncle of Phelps Phelps; grandnephew of Norman A. Phelps; second great-grandnephew of Noah Phelps; seventh great-grandson of Thomas Welles; first cousin of Harold Sheffield Van Buren and Mabel Thorp Boardman; first cousin thrice removed of Elisha Phelps; second cousin once removed of Hiram Bidwell Case; second cousin twice removed of John Smith Phelps; third cousin twice removed of Amos Pettibone, Jesse Hoyt and George Smith Catlin; third cousin thrice removed of Augustus Pettibone, Gaylord Griswold, Hezekiah Case and Rufus Pettibone; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Jenkins Hayden and Asahel Pierson Case.   Political families: Phelps family of Connecticut; VanBuren-Phelps family of New York City, New York; Boardman-Bostwick-Phelps-Sheffield family of Connecticut and Ohio; Lea family of Wilmington, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Phelps Phelps (1897-1981) — also known as Phelps von Rottenburg — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex County, N.J.; Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J.; Wildwood, Cape May County, N.J. Born in Bonn, Germany, May 4, 1897. Member of New York state assembly, 1924-28, 1937-38 (New York County 10th District 1924-28, New York County 3rd District 1937-38); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936, 1948 (alternate); member of New York state senate 13th District, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Governor of American Samoa, 1951-52; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1952-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1956, 1960, 1964 (alternate); delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1966. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the Revolution; Psi Upsilon; Urban League; Elks; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Society of Colonial Wars; Union League; Delta Theta Phi. Died in Wildwood, Cape May County, N.J., June 10, 1981 (age 84 years, 37 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.   Relatives: Son of Franz von Rottenburg and Marian (Phelps) von Rottenburg; nephew of Sheffield Phelps; grandson of William Walter Phelps; great-grandnephew of Norman A. Phelps; third great-grandnephew of Noah Phelps; first cousin once removed of Harold Sheffield Van Buren and Mabel Thorp Boardman; first cousin four times removed of Elisha Phelps; second cousin twice removed of Hiram Bidwell Case; second cousin thrice removed of John Smith Phelps; third cousin thrice removed of Amos Pettibone, Jesse Hoyt and George Smith Catlin; eighth great-grandson of Thomas Welles.   Political families: Phelps family of Connecticut; VanBuren-Phelps family of New York City, New York; Boardman-Bostwick-Phelps-Sheffield family of Connecticut and Ohio (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary