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He had entirely Dutch ancestry and was raised speaking primarily Dutch, but he learned English while attending school and is the only president of the United States whose first language was not English. Also during his childhood, Van Buren learned at his father's inn how to interact with people from varied ethnic, income, and societal groups, which he used to his advantage as a political organizer. Van Buren's formal education ended in 1796, when he began reading law at the office of Peter Silvester

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