Yes. He was elected in November , 1836 and served one term as president. He was defeated in 1840 by William Henry Harrison.
If you are talking about the first person to ever be the president of the United States, it would be George Washington. If you are talking about the first president to be born as a US citizen, it would be Martin van Buren.
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He was 42 when he was elected as president....The youngest president to ever be elected back then!
Technically yes. The first 9 presidents were born on British soil; when the US was 13 colonies. Article II of the Constitution established an exception for these men so they were legally elected. John Tyler, born 1790, was the first president born "in the US." Many cite Martin Van Buren as the first, but he was born in 1782 and the Revolution did not end until 1783.
Ronald Reagan was known as "Dutch" until he got into the movies. His father gave him that name while he was still a baby.
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all of them No U. S. President has ever been directly elected by the people.
Yes, he was. He was elected in 2008 and re-elected in 2012.
Just the opposite. At the time, he was the oldest president ever elected.
At this writing, 5/3/2010, no woman has ever been elected President or Vice President of the US.
No. The presidency was his only elected office.
a new president is elected ever 4 years. a president can only serve up to 8 years, which is two terms.