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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 →
Activity over time Events per year
1829 · 1 event1835 · 1 event1836 · 1 event1837 · 1 event1838 · 2 events1840 · 1 event1848 · 1 event18291848
DateEventLanesStatus
1848-11-07Free Soil Party Splits Democratic Vote, Demonstrating Slavery's Destruction of Party Unity
Martin Van Buren · Free Soil Party · Democratic Party · Whig Party · +2
confirmed
1840-11-02Log Cabin Campaign Uses Image Manipulation and Corruption Attacks to Defeat Van Buren
William Henry Harrison · Martin Van Buren · Whig Party · Charles Ogle
confirmed
1838-11-01Swartwout Embezzles $1.2 Million, Exposing Spoils System Corruption
Samuel Swartwout · Andrew Jackson · Martin Van Buren · U.S. Treasury
confirmed
1838-05-26Trail of Tears Forced Removal Begins as 7,000 Troops Round Up 16,000 Cherokee at Gunpoint
Martin Van Buren · Winfield Scott · Cherokee Nation · John Ross · +2
confirmed
1837-05-10Panic of 1837 Begins as Banks Refuse Specie Conversion, Triggering Five-Year Depression
Martin Van Buren · Andrew Jackson · New York banks · State banks · +1
confirmed
1836-07-11Jackson Issues Specie Circular Requiring Hard Money for Land Purchases, Triggering Credit Contraction
Andrew Jackson · Levi Woodbury · Martin Van Buren · U.S. Treasury Department · +1
confirmed
1835-12-29Treaty of New Echota Signed by Unauthorized Cherokee Minority Provides Legal Pretext for Forced Removal
Cherokee Nation · John Ross · Treaty Party · U.S. Congress · +2
confirmed
1829-03-04Andrew Jackson Inaugurates Spoils System, Replacing Merit with Political Loyalty
Andrew Jackson · Martin Van Buren · William Marcy · Federal civil servants
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Network neighbors

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