 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Ari muhofisi yake, Van Buren akava chipangamazano anokosha waJackson, uye akavaka sangano reDemocratic Party. Pakupedzisira akasiya basa kuti abatsire kugadzirisa nyaya yePetticoat, uye kwenguva pfupi akashanda semumiriri weU.S. kuUnited Kingdom. Pakurayira kwaJackson, 1832 Democratic National Convention yakasarudza Van Buren kuti ave mutevedzeri womutungamiriri wenyika yeUnited States, uye akatora basa pashure pokunge tikiti reDemocratic rakunda sarudzo yomutungamiriri wenyika ya 1832. Achitsigirwa zvakasimba naJackson, Van Buren akakunda kusarudzwa kwemutungamiri wenyika paDemocratic National Convention ya1835, uye akakunda vakwikwidzi vanoverengeka veWhig musarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika dza1836. Zvisinei, hutungamiri hwake hwakakurumidza kuparara nemhinduro yake kuPanic ya1837, iyo yakavakirwa pachirongwa chake cheIndependent Treasury, chirongwa icho hurumende yeUnited States yaizochengeta mari dzayo mumatura panzvimbo pemabhangi; maDemocrat uye maWhigs akachengetedza zvakanyanya muCongress pakupedzisira akambomisa chirongwa chake kubva pakuitwa kusvika muna 1840. Hutungamiri hwake hwakanga hwashatiswazve nehondo inodhura yeSecond Seminole War mugumisiro wokuramba kwaJackson achibvisa maIndiamutemo; uye kuramba kwake kubvuma Texas kuUnited sehurumende yevaranda, yakaitwa sechiedza chekudzivisa kuwedzera kunetseka kwechikamu. Muna 1840, kuwanda kwevavhoti vatsva - vakamutumidza zita rokuti Martin Van Ruin - kwakabatsira kumubvisa pachigaro. 