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Sarah Angelica Van Buren (née Singleton; February 13, 1818 – December 29, 1877) was an American heiress and a daughter-in-law of the eighth president of the United States, Martin Van Buren. She was married to the President's son, Abraham Van Buren II.
Angelica Singleton married Abraham Van Buren, the son of President Martin Van Buren, in 1838. She acted as first lady during his presidency and had three sons with him.
May 31, 2023 · Angelica Singleton became first lady to a president whom she had not even known when he had won the election in 1836. Yet she played a major role during his term at the White House—the “Executive Mansion”—and set numerous precedents for the women who followed her.
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Angelica Singleton married Abraham Van Buren, the eldest son of President Martin Van Buren, in 1838. She became the social hostess of the White House during the second half of his presidency, but suffered a tragic loss of her daughter Rebecca in 1840.
A painting of the wife of Martin Van Buren, the eighth President of the United States, who became his official hostess in 1839. The portrait shows her elegance, warmth and hauteur, and depicts a marble bust of her husband and a balustrade with the date 1842.
Angelica Singleton Van Buren Collection. Irvin Department of Special Collections, South Caroliniana Library. View Collection. Sarah Angelica Singleton was born in Wedgefield, South Carolina in 1818, the daughter of prominent South Carolina plantation owner, Richard Singleton, and his wife Rebecca Travis Coles.
Born Angelica Singleton in 1816; died in 1878; cousin of Dolley Madison (1768–1849); married Abraham Van Buren (son of Martin Van Buren, eighth president of the United States, and Hannah Hoes Van Buren), in 1838.
