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August 1st, 2009

American Presidents of Dutch ancestry:
- Martin Van Buren – 8th President; key organizer of the Democratic Party; first president not of English, Irish, or Scottish descent. He also was the only president not to have spoken English as his first language – rather grew up speaking Dutch.
- Theodore Roosevelt – 26th President; was a Progressive reformer with a “cowboy” persona.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt – 32nd President; elected to four terms, the only president to be elected more than twice; ranked as one of the three greatest U.S. presidents. He was raised and lived in the Hudson Valley (Dutchess County). Read the rest of this entry »