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John Van Buren

Lawyer/Attorney General, New York State

Centurion, 1856–1866

Proposed by
T. Bailey Myers
born February 18, 1810
Hudson, New York
died October 13, 1866
North Atlantic, At Sea
elected May 3, 1856
Age forty-six
proposer of
Member portrait of John Van Buren
Member Photograph Albums CollectionAlbum 1, Leaf 33
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Archivist’s Notes

Son of (nonmember) Martin Van Buren. He died of natural causes aboard the paddle steamer RMS Scotia while en route from Liverpool to New York.

Century Memorial

The singularly winning qualities and high abilities of Mr. Van Buren, though less frequently exhibited here than in other political and social circles in which he shone conspicuous, have left upon the memory of those in the association who knew him best the impression of a man of most companionable virtues; while, by his equanimity and moderation in his public career, as

“A man that fortune’s buffets and rewards

Has ta’en with equal thanks”—

one of whom his enemies could say nothing worse than that “He wants wit, who wants resolved Will”—he had won such a reputation that we can remember him with more regard, and regret him with more sincerity than many more successful statesmen would deserve.

Augustus R. Macdonough
Annual Meeting Minutes, 12 January 1867

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