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Martin Van Buren’s Cabinet Martin Van Buren’s Cabinet
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Martin Van Buren’s Cabinet

Title Name Took Office
President Martin Van Buren 1837
Vice President Richard M. Johnson 1837
Secretary of State John Forsyth 1837
Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett 1837
Secretary of the Treasury Levi Woodbury 1837
Postmaster General Amos Kendall
John M. Niles
1837
1840
Attorney General Benjamin F. Butler
Felix Grundy
Henry D. Gilpin
1837
1838
1840
Secretary of the Navy Mahlon Dickerson
James K. Paulding
1837
1838
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