Nobody had to die for Van Buren to become president, He was active in Jackson's administration was pretty much the logical successor to the popular Jackson.
In 1839, the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith, went to president Martin Van Buren to ask him to help Mormons in Missouri when the governor of the state, Lilburn Boggs, had issued an extermination order. Reportedly, Van Buren said, "Your cause is just, but I can do nothing for you; if I take up for you, I shall lose the vote of Missouri."
James Buchanan, who served as Secretary of State for James Polk was the most recent Secretary of State to later become President. (Other former Secretaries who later became President were Martin Van Buren, John Quincy Adams, James Monroe , James Madison and Thomas Jefferson.)
Yes, he was on a $1 coin. Every dead president has been or will be on a one-dollar US coin. The coins were issued in order of the presidents.
A vice-president does not have to resign his office in order to run for President. Martin Van Buren, Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, George H. W. Bush and Al Gore all ran for President while holding the office of vice-president.
The Specie Circular (Coinage Act) was an executive order issued by U.S. President Andrew Jackson in 1836 and carried out by President Martin Van Buren. It required payment for government/public land to be in gold and silver.
Martin Van Buren was the eighth President of the United States (1837-1841).
1841 and 1881 were the years that saw three presidents. In 1841, Van Buren gave up his office to Harrison on March 4,1841. Harrison died of pneumonia one month later and the veep Tyler was President for the rest of the year. In 1881, Hayes gave up his office to Garfield on March 4. Garfield died fromr an assassin's bullet in September and Arthur served as president for the rest of the year.
you dont have to be vice president in order to become president ...or 16 inches.
The Vice President is next in the order of succession.
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(5) Monroe(6) J. Q. Adams (7) Jackson (8) van Buren (9) Harrison.
in order to become president you have to be at least 35 years old, you have to be a natural born u.s. citizen, you have to be living in the united states for over 14 years