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| Name |
James Monroe |
| Prefix |
President |
| Birth |
28 Apr 1758 |
Monroe Hall, Westmoreland, Virginia, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Burial |
Jul 1831 |
Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond City, Virginia, United States |
| Death |
4 Jul 1831 |
New York City, New York, New York, United States |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
22 Aug 1877 |
SGEOR |
| FamilySearch ID |
LCJQ-JT3 |
| Person ID |
I169427 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Colonel Spence Monroe, b. 1727, Monroe Hall, Westmoreland, Virginia, United States d. 16 Feb 1774, James Monroe Family Home Site, Westmoreland, Virginia, United States (Age 47 years) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Jones, b. 1724, King George, Virginia, United States d. 28 Apr 1772, King George, Virginia, United States (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage |
1752 |
King George, Virginia, United States |
| Family ID |
F42515 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Elizabeth Kortright, b. 30 Jun 1768, New York City, New York, New York, United States d. 23 Sep 1830, Oak Hill, Fairfax, Virginia, United States (Age 62 years) |
| Marriage |
16 Feb 1786 |
Trinity Church Parish, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Elizabeth "Eliza" Monroe, b. 5 Dec 1786, Fredericksburg, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States d. 27 Jan 1840, Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, République française (Age 53 years) |
| | 2. James Spence Monroe, b. May 1799, Richmond City, Virginia, United States d. 28 Sep 1800, Richmond City, Virginia, United States (Age 1 year) |
| | 3. Maria Hester Monroe, b. 1803, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States d. 20 Jun 1850, Oak Hill, Fairfax, Virginia, United States (Age 47 years) |
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| Family ID |
F42517 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Nov 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 28 Apr 1758 - Monroe Hall, Westmoreland, Virginia, United States |
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 | Marriage - 16 Feb 1786 - Trinity Church Parish, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States |
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 | Burial - Jul 1831 - Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond City, Virginia, United States |
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 | Death - 4 Jul 1831 - New York City, New York, New York, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 22 Aug 1877 - SGEOR |
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| Notes |
- James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States (1817–1825) a n d the last President from the Founding Fathers.
On New Year’s Day, 1825, at the last of his annual White House reception s , President James Monroe made a pleasing impression upon a Virginia la d y who shook his hand:
“He is tall and well formed. His dress plain and in the old style…. Hi s m anner was quiet and dignified. From the frank, honest expression of h is e ye … I think he well deserves the encomium passed upon him by the gr eat J efferson, who said, ‘Monroe was so honest that if you turned his so ul ins ide out there would not be a spot on it.’ ”
Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in 1758, Monroe attended the Coll e ge of William and Mary, fought with distinction in the Continental Arm y , and practiced law in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
As a youthful politician, he joined the anti-Federalists in the Virgin i a Convention which ratified the Constitution, and in 1790, an advocat e o f Jeffersonian policies, was elected United States Senator. As Minist er t o France in 1794-1796, he displayed strong sympathies for the Frenc h caus e; later, with Robert R. Livingston, he helped negotiate the Louis iana Pu rchase.
His ambition and energy, together with the backing of President Madiso n , made him the Republican choice for the Presidency in 1816. With litt l e Federalist opposition, he easily won re-election in 1820.
Monroe made unusually strong Cabinet choices, naming a Southerner, Joh n C . Calhoun, as Secretary of War, and a northerner, John Quincy Adams , as S ecretary of State. Only Henry Clay’s refusal kept Monroe from addi ng an o utstanding Westerner.
Early in his administration, Monroe undertook a goodwill tour. At Bosto n , his visit was hailed as the beginning of an “Era of Good Feelings.” U nf ortunately these “good feelings” did not endure, although Monroe, hi s pop ularity undiminished, followed nationalist policies.
Across the facade of nationalism, ugly sectional cracks appeared. A pain f ul economic depression undoubtedly increased the dismay of the peopl e o f the Missouri Territory in 1819 when their application for admissio n t o the Union as a slave state failed. An amended bill for gradually el imin ating slavery in Missouri precipitated two years of bitter debate i n Cong ress.
The Missouri Compromise bill resolved the struggle, pairing Missour i a s a slave state with Maine, a free state, and barring slavery north a nd w est of Missouri forever.
In foreign affairs Monroe proclaimed the fundamental policy that bears h i s name, responding to the threat that the more conservative government s i n Europe might try to aid Spain in winning back her former Latin Amer ica n colonies. Monroe did not begin formally to recognize the young sist er r epublics until 1822, after ascertaining that Congress would vote app ropri ations for diplomatic missions. He and Secretary of State John Quin cy Ada ms wished to avoid trouble with Spain until it had ceded the Flori das, a s was done in 1821.
Great Britain, with its powerful navy, also opposed reconquest of Lati n A merica and suggested that the United States join in proclaiming “hand s of f.” Ex-Presidents Jefferson and Madison counseled Monroe to accept t he of fer, but Secretary Adams advised, “It would be more candid … to avo w ou r principles explicitly to Russia and France, than to come in as a c ock-b oat in the wake of the British man-of-war.”
Monroe accepted Adams’s advice. Not only must Latin America be left alon e , he warned, but also Russia must not encroach southward on the Pacifi c c oast. “... the American continents,” he stated, “by the free and inde pend ent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth n ot t o be considered as subjects for future colonization by any Europea n Power .” Some 20 years after Monroe died in 1831, this became known a s the Monr oe Doctrine.
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