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New York State’s 5 Presidents
New York State’s 5 Presidents
New York State’s 5 Presidents
Martin Van Buren, the eighth President of the United States, was born in Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York. He was the first American president to be born in the United States, with Dutch being his first language due to the rich Dutch culture of Kinderhook. Van Buren's legacy includes being a shrewd political strategist and the originator of the popular phrase