James Monroe

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James Monroe
5th President of the United States (1817-1825) • 5th United States Secretary of State (1811-1817) • United States Secretary of War (1814-1815) • 12th and 16th Governor of Virginia (1799-1802, 1811) • U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (1803-1808) • U.S. Minister to France (1794-1796) • U.S. Senator from Virginia (1790-1794) • Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation (1783-1786)
Founding events Virginia Ratifying Convention • Founding Fathers
Presidency First inauguration • Second inauguration • Florida Treaty • Treaty of 1818 • Panic of 1819 • Era of Good Feelings • Missouri Compromise • Seminole Wars • Monroe Doctrine • Tariff of 1824 • State of the Union Address, 1824 • Cabinet • Federal judiciary appointments
Other noted
accomplisments
Negotiated the Louisiana Purchase • Monroe-Pinkney Treaty • War of 1812
Life Early life and career • Birthplace and boyhood home • Revolutionary War service • Battle of Trenton • Monroe Hill home and office • James Monroe Law Office, Museum, and Memorial Library • Highland • Oak Hill • James Monroe Tomb
Elections 1789 Virginia's 5th congressional district election • 1790 and 1791 U.S. Senate elections • 1792 • Governor of Virginia election, 1799 • U.S. presidential election, 1808 • 1816 • 1820
Legacy and
popular culture
Bibliography • Memorials • Monrovia, capital of Liberia • Fort Monroe • Monroe, Michigan • Monroe, New York • Monroe, Georgia • Monroe County, Kentucky • Monroe County, New York • Monroe Township, (Northern) New Jersey • Monroe Township, (Southern) New Jersey • Mount Monroe • Monroe Park • The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776 (painting) • Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851 paintings) • Monroe Hill (2015 film) • U.S. postage stamps • Monroe Doctrine Centennial half dollar • USS President Monroe • USS James Monroe
Related Monroe on slavery • American Colonization Society • Virginia dynasty • Limestone plantation
Family Elizabeth Kortright (wife) • George Hay (son-in-law) • Samuel L. Gouverneur (son-in-law)
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