Martin van buren

Martin Van Buren Timeline - 1842

By David Gregory
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    Important dates in 1842

  • Martin Van Buren departs on his tour of the south.

    Niven, John. Martin Van Buren: The Romantic Age of American Politics (1983), 491.

  • Martin Van Buren arrived in Charleston, South Carolina from Baltimore, Maryland.

    Cole, Donald B. Martin Van Buren and the American Political System (1984), 384.

  • Martin Van Buren leaves Joel Roberts Poinsetts plantation after spending a week there.

    Niven, John. Martin Van Buren: The Romantic Age of American Politics (1983), 492.

  • Henry Clay invites Martin Van Buren to visit him in Lexington, Kentucky. Van Buren travels to Ashland from the Hermitage in mid May.

    Lynch, Dennis T. An Epoch and a Man: Martin Van Buren and His Times, 2 vols. (1929), 478.

  • Martin Van Buren leaves the Hermitage.

    Van Buren, Martin. Papers. Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.

  • "Henry Clay resigned from senate to devote himself to building up the Whig Party and to secure its nomination in 1844."

    Sloan, Irving. Martin Van Buren: 1782-1862 (1969), 19.

  • Martin Van Buren's steamboat arrived in Nashville.

    Sellers, Charles. James K. Polk: Jacksonian (1957), 466.

  • Martin Van Buren visits the Hermitage accompanied by James K. Polk.

    Sellers, Charles. James K. Polk: Jacksonian (1957), 466.

  • James L. Polk departs the Hermitage without having broached the subject of the Vice Presidency with Martin Van Buren.

    Sellers, Charles. James K. Polk: Jacksonian (1957), 466.

  • Martin Van Buren arrived in Columbia and stayed with James K. Polk through the evening.

    Sellers, Charles. James K. Polk: Jacksonian (1957), 466.

  • Martin Van Buren departs from Columbia and heads back to Nashville. He and Polk did not discuss the Vice Presidency.

    Sellers, Charles. James K. Polk: Jacksonian (1957) 466-467.

  • Martin Van Buren returns home to New York after his long tour of the south.

    Widmer, Ted. Martin Van Buren (2005), 147.

  • "Webster-Ashburton Treay signed, denounced by Andrew Jackson, but typically with little opposition from Van Buren."

    Sloan, Irving. Martin Van Buren: 1782-1862 (1969), 19.

  • "Democrats met in caucus to determine the party line on the tariff bill after Tylers veto."

    Niven, John. Martin Van Buren: The Romantic Age of American Politics (1983), 503.

  • "The final version of the tariff came up for a vote in the senate." New York senator, Silas Wright, voted for it.

    Niven, John. Martin Van Buren: The Romantic Age of American Politics (1983), 503.