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Martin Van Buren

Martin Van Buren is named in 8 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 1829 to 1848.

8 events From Mar 4, 1829 To Nov 7, 1848 Open in filter view →
Martin Van Buren on the timeline 8 events · 1829–1848 · click any marker
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DateEventLanesStatus
1848-11-07Free Soil Party Splits Democratic Vote, Demonstrating Slavery's Destruction of Party Unity 3 src
Martin Van Buren · Democratic Party · Whig Party
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1840-11-02Log Cabin Campaign Uses Image Manipulation and Corruption Attacks to Defeat Van Buren 3 src
Martin Van Buren · Whig Party
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1838-11-01Swartwout Embezzles $1.2 Million, Exposing Spoils System Corruption 3 src
Andrew Jackson · Martin Van Buren · U.S. Treasury
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1838-05-26Trail of Tears Forced Removal Begins as 7,000 Troops Round Up 16,000 Cherokee at Gunpoint 4 src
Martin Van Buren · Cherokee Nation · U.S. Army · Georgia
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1837-05-10Panic of 1837 Begins as Banks Refuse Specie Conversion, Triggering Five-Year Depression 6 src
Martin Van Buren · Andrew Jackson · State banks · U.S. Congress
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1836-07-11Jackson Issues Specie Circular Requiring Hard Money for Land Purchases, Triggering Credit Contraction 3 src
Andrew Jackson · Martin Van Buren · U.S. Treasury Department · Land speculators
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1835-12-29Treaty of New Echota Signed by Unauthorized Cherokee Minority Provides Legal Pretext for Forced Removal 4 src
Cherokee Nation · U.S. Congress · Andrew Jackson · Martin Van Buren
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1829-03-04Andrew Jackson Inaugurates Spoils System, Replacing Merit with Political Loyalty 3 src
Andrew Jackson · Martin Van Buren
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24 other actors share an event
Andrew Jackson 5× shared Cherokee Nation 2× shared John Ross 2× shared U.S. Congress 2× shared Whig Party 2× shared Charles Ogle 1× shared Democratic Party 1× shared Federal civil servants 1× shared Free Soil Party 1× shared Georgia 1× shared Land speculators 1× shared Levi Woodbury 1× shared Lewis Cass 1× shared New York banks 1× shared Samuel Swartwout 1× shared State banks 1× shared Treaty Party 1× shared U.S. Army 1× shared U.S. Treasury 1× shared U.S. Treasury Department 1× shared William Henry Harrison 1× shared William Marcy 1× shared Winfield Scott 1× shared Zachary Taylor 1× shared