James Monroe

James Monroe (April 28, 1758
- July 4, 1831) was the
fifth (1817-1825) President
of the United States. He is
credited with the            Order:           5th President
development of the Monroe    Term of Office:  March 4, 1817 - March 4, 1825
Doctrine.
                             Followed:        James Madison
His parents Spence Monroe    Succeeded by:    John Quincy Adams
(c. 1727-1774) and Elizabeth
Jones (born c. 1729) were    Date of Birth    April 28, 1758
well-to-do farmers.          Place of Birth:  Westmoreland County, Virginia
                             Date of Death:   July 4, 1831
In 1802, then-president
Thomas Jefferson sent Monroe Place of Death:  New York City, New York
to Paris to assist in the    First Lady:      Elizabeth Kortwright Monroe
negotiations of the          Occupation:      lawyer
Louisiana Purchase.
                             Political Party: Democratic-Republican
Monroe's presidency was      Vice President:  Daniel D. Tompkins
later labeled "The Era of
Good Feeling", in part because partisan politics were almost nonexistent.
The Federalist Party had died out, the Whig Party had not yet risen, and
practically every politician belonged to what is now known as the Democratic
Party. Monroe, the last American Revolutionary War veteran to serve as
president, was almost uncontested in his two elections.

Places named for James Monroe

   * Monroe, Massachusetts
   * Monroe, Ohio
   * Monroe County, Alabama
   * Monroe County, Arkansas
   * Monroe County, Florida
   * Monroe County, Georgia
   * Monroe County, Illinois
   * Monroe County, Indiana
   * Monroe County, Kentucky
   * Monroe County, Michigan
   * Monroe County, Mississippi
   * Monroe County, Missouri
   * Monroe County, New York
   * Monroe County, Ohio
   * Monroe County, Pennsylvania
   * Monroe County, Tennessee
   * Monroe County, West Virginia
   * Monroe County, Wisconsin
   * Monroe Township, New Jersey
   * Monroeville, Alabama
   * Monrovia, Liberia
   * Fort Monroe, in Virginia
   * Mount Monroe, one of a number of mountains named for Presidents of the
     United States in the White Mountains of New Hampshire
   * Various streets, avenues, and schools in the United States of America

Supreme Court appointments

   * Smith Thompson - 1823

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