James Monroe

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James Monroe (allthetropes.org) The Fifth US President and the last of the founding fathers to hold high office.

birth

James Monroe was born on April 28, 1758, in his parents’ house in a wooded area of Westmoreland County in the Colony of Virginia, to (Andrew) Spence Monroe and Elizabeth Jones.

death

On July 4, 1831, Monroe died at age 73 from heart failure and tuberculosis, thus becoming the third president to have died on Independence Day.

disambiguation of

Monroe

inauguration

Monroe’s inauguration took place on March 4, 1817. As Monroe was the first president to take office during a period of peace and economic stability, the term “Era of Good Feelings” was soon coined.

member of

Democratic-Republican Party

namesake

Monroe, Washington

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president of

United States

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“She was a devoted grandmother, mother and wife,” said Kamilah Whitfield. “And she gave so much of herself to her family. She loved cooking big meals. And she will be missed. We love you, grandmommy.”

service

Monroe’s service wasn’t terribly memorable; he was President during the so-called Era of Good Feelings, where he idled, had Secretary of State John Quincy Adams sign treaties, and let the northern, southern, and western parts of the United States bicker about the economy and slavery.

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Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11815

Wikimedia

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:James_Monroe

Wikipedia

James Monroe (Wikipedia) James Monroe (/mənˈroʊ/ mən-ROH; April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. He was the last Founding Father to serve as president as well as the last president of the Virginia dynasty. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, and his presidency coincided with the Era of Good Feelings, concluding the First Party System era of American politics. He issued the Monroe Doctrine, a policy of limiting European colonialism in the Americas. Monroe previously served as governor of Virginia, a member of the United States Senate, U.S. ambassador to France and Britain, the seventh secretary of state, and the eighth secretary of war.

Wikiquote

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Monroe

wikisource

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:James_Monroe

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John Quincy Adams

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James Madison