The Autobiography of Martin Van Buren.

VAN BUREN, Martin.

Item Number: 130912

Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1920.

First edition of the autobiography of President Van Buren. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles to the spine. From the library of Maine Congressman Carroll L. Beedy. In near fine condition. Edited by John C. Fitzpatrick. Uncommon.

Martin Van Buren was a lawyer and statesman who served as the 8th president of the United States from 1837 to 1841. A founder of the Democratic Party, he had previously served as the 9th governor of New York, the 10th United States secretary of State, and the 8th vice president of the United States. Later in his life, Van Buren emerged as an elder statesman and an important anti-slavery leader who led the Free Soil Party ticket in the 1848 presidential election.