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If you guessed George Washington was the first President bom in the United States, it’s time to retake your history classes. President Washington was a grown man before there was a United States. Martin Van Buren, eighth president, was bom December 5, 1782 in Kinderhook, N.Y. He served one term as Andrew Jackson’s vice-president (1832-86), and one term as President (1836-40).
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