Who was the only U.S. President that spoke English as a second language?
John Adams
Barack Obama
Thomas Jefferson
Martin Van Buren
Unlike the seven men who preceded him in the White House, Martin Van Buren was the first president to be born a citizen of the United States and not a British subject. Van Buren was born in 1782 in Kinderhook, New York, where most of the residents, including his parents, were of Dutch descent. Growing up in a Dutch-speaking community, Van Buren learned to speak Dutch before English, making him the only U.S. president to not speak English as a first language. He would learn English as a second language while attending the local school.
The correct answer is Martin Van Buren.