PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I AMERICAN POLITICS WHEN VAN BUREN'S CAREER BEGAN. JEFFERSON'S INFLUENCE
CHAPTER II EARLY YEARS. PROFESSIONAL LIFE
CHAPTER III STATE SENATOR. ATTORNEY-GENERAL. MEMBER OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
CHAPTER IV UNITED STATES SENATOR. REESTABLISHMENT OF PARTIES. PARTY LEADERSHIP
CHAPTER V DEMOCRATIC VICTORY IN 1828. GOVERNOR
CHAPTER VI SECRETARY OF STATE. DEFINITE FORMATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC CREED
CHAPTER VII MINISTER TO ENGLAND. VICE-PRESIDENT. ELECTION TO THE PRESIDENCY
CHAPTER VIII CRISIS OF 1837
CHAPTER IX PRESIDENT. SUB-TREASURY BILL
CHAPTER X PRESIDENT. CANADIAN INSURRECTION. TEXAS. SEMINOLE WAR. DEFEAT FOR REELECTION
CHAPTER XI EX-PRESIDENT. SLAVERY. TEXAS ANNEXATION. DEFEAT
CHAPTER XII VAN BUREN'S CHARACTER AND PLACE IN HISTORY
INDEX
Standard Library Edition AMERICAN STATESMEN EDITED BY JOHN T. MORSE, JR. IN THIRTY-TWO VOLUMES VOL. XVIII. DOMESTIC POLITICS: THE TARIFF AND SLAVERY MARTIN VAN BUREN
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