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Maarten van Buren was the 8th US president, he grew up in the "New Netherlands" region around New York where Dutch was still the language in common use. So his first/native language was actually Dutch (the only president to have another language then English as native). He was also the first president to never have been a British subject and also the first without English heratige.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren

Maarten parked his Dutch butt in the white house from 1837-1841


Willem Hendrik van Oranje (William III/ of Orange) was born in The Hague in the Dutch Republic in 1650. He got "invited to invade" England by the English protestants to safeguard them from the prowling Catholics amongst whom the French king.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England

Willem Hendrik farted his Dutch farts into the British throne fom 1689 untill his death in 1708

[Maarten van Buren](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Martin_Van_Buren_edit.jpg) was the 8th US president, he grew up in the "New Netherlands" region around New York where Dutch was still the language in common use. So his first/native language was actually Dutch (the only president to have another language then English as native). He was also the first president to never have been a British subject and also the first without English heratige. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren Maarten parked his Dutch butt in the white house from 1837-1841 --------------------- [Willem Hendrik van Oranje](http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/upload/img_400/BHC3094.jpg) (William III/ of Orange) was born in The Hague in the Dutch Republic in 1650. He got "invited to invade" England by the English protestants to safeguard them from the prowling Catholics amongst whom the French king. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England Willem Hendrik farted his Dutch farts into the British throne fom 1689 untill his death in 1708

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[–] jidlaph 2 points (+2|-0)

Maarten parked his Dutch butt in the white house from 1837-1941

Record-breaking 26 terms.

[–] Boukert [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

once we Dutch vampires cling to power, we tend to hold on to it!

Edited the post. cheers