Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1782, Dec. 5 | Born, Kinderhook, near Albany, N.Y. |
| circa 1796 | Concluded education in village schools of Kinderhook, N.Y.; became law clerk in office of Francis Silvester |
| 1801 | Clerk, law office of William P. Van Ness, New York, N.Y. |
| 1803 | Licensed to practice law Returned to Kinderhook, N.Y.; became law partner of James I. Van Alen, his half-brother |
| 1807 | Married Hannah Hoes (died 1819) |
| 1808 | Appointed surrogate of Columbia County, N.Y. |
| 1809 | Moved to Hudson, N.Y. |
| 1812-1820 | Served in New York State Senate |
| 1815 | Appointed regent of the University of the State of New York |
| 1815-1819 | Attorney general of New York |
| 1816 | Moved to Albany, N.Y.; formed law partnership with Benjamin F. Butler |
| 1821-1828 | Member from New York, United States Senate |
| 1829 | Governor of New York Appointed secretary of state |
| 1831 | Appointed United States Minister to Great Britain; nomination rejected by the Senate, 1832 |
| 1833-1837 | Vice president, United States |
| 1837-1841 | President, United States |
| 1840 | Defeated in presidential election |
| 1841 | Returned to Kinderhook, N.Y.; rebuilt home there, naming it "Lindenwald" |
| 1844 | Unsuccessful candidate for Democratic party presidential nomination |
| 1848 | Unsuccessful candidate for presidency, Free Soil party; retired to Kinderhook, N.Y. |
| 1853-1855 | Traveled and lived abroad |
| 1862, July 24 | Died, Kinderhook, N.Y. |