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A U . S . state is a constituent political entity of the United States of America . There are 50 states , which are bound together in a ___MASK79___ with each other . Each state holds administrative jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory , and shares its sovereignty with the United States federal government . Due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal government , Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside . State citizenship and residency are flexible , and no government approval is required to move between states , except for persons covered by certain types of court orders ( e . g ., paroled convicts and children of divorced spouses who are sharing custody ). James Johnson ( January 1 , 1774 -- August 13 , 1826 ) was a U . S . Representative from Kentucky , brother of Richard Mentor Johnson and John Telemachus Johnson and uncle of Robert Ward Johnson . Born in Orange County , Virginia , Johnson moved with his father to Kentucky in 1779 . He pursued preparatory studies . He was a member of the State senate in 1808 . He served as lieutenant colonel in the War of 1812 . Contractor for furnishing supplies to troops on the western frontier in 1819 and 1820 . He served as presidential elector on the ticket of Monroe and Tompkins in 1820 . Johnson was elected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress and served from March 4 , 1825 , until his death in Washington , D . C . , August 13 , 1826 . He was interred in the family cemetery , Great Crossings , Kentucky . Kentucky , officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky , is a state located in the east south - central region of the United States . Kentucky is one of four U . S . states constituted as a commonwealth ( the others being Virginia , Pennsylvania , and Massachusetts ). Originally a part of Virginia , in 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state to join the ___MASK79___ . Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States . Martin Van Buren (; December 5 , 1782  July 24 , 1862 ) was an American politician who served a single term as the eighth President of the United States ( 1837  41 ). A member of the ___MASK18___ , he served in a number of senior roles , including eighth Vice President ( 1833  37 ) and tenth Secretary of State ( 1829  31 ), both under Andrew Jackson . Van Buren ' s inability as president to deal with the deep economic depression following the Panic of 1837 and with the surging Whig Party led to his defeat in the 1840 election . John Telemachus Johnson ( October 5 , 1788  December 17 , 1856 ) was a minister in the Christian Church , an attorney , and a politician , elected as U . S . Representative from Kentucky . His older brothers , also politicians , included James Johnson and Richard M . Johnson , who served as Vice President under Martin Van Buren ; he was the uncle of Robert Ward Johnson , also a politician . The Christian Church is a term generally used to refer to the whole group of people belonging to the Christian religious tradition throughout history . In this understanding , the " Christian Church " does not refer to a particular Christian denomination but to the body of all believers . Some Christians believe that the term " Christian Church " or " Church " applies only to a specific historic Christian institution ( e . g ., the Catholic Church , the Eastern Orthodox Church , and Oriental Orthodoxy ). The Four Marks of the Church first expressed in the Nicene Creed are ___MASK92___ , holiness , catholicity , and apostolicity .