Who became the 8th President of the United States and previously served as Vice President under Andrew Jackson?

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Martin Van Buren is the one who fits this description. He served as Andrew Jackson’s Vice President during Jackson’s second term, and when Jackson left office, Van Buren was elected to continue as president, becoming the 8th President of the United States. This makes him the only option among the listed names who both served as Jackson’s VP and later became president. The others did not hold that combination of roles: for example, William Henry Harrison and John Tyler are linked to Harrison’s presidency, not Jackson, and James K. Polk became president later as the 11th president without serving as Jackson’s VP. Van Buren also faced the Panic of 1837 during his presidency, and he championed the Independent Treasury system to separate federal funds from private banks, a defining policy of his administration.