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James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was the fifth President of the United States (1817–1825). Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, the third of them to die on Independence Day, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation. He was of French and Scottish descent. Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, Monroe was of the planter class and fought in the American Revolutionary War. He was injured in the Battle of Trenton with a musket ball to his shoulder. After studying law under Thomas Jefferson from 1780 to 1783, he served as a delegate in the Continental Congress. As an anti-federalist delegate to the Virginia convention that considered ratification of the United States Constitution, Monroe opposed ratification, claiming it gave too much power to the central government. He took an active part in the new government, and in 1790 he was elected to the Senate of the first United States Congress, where he joined the Jeffersonians. He gained experience as an executive as the Governor of Virginia and rose to national prominence as a diplomat in France, when he helped negotiate the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. During the War of 1812, Monroe held the critical roles of Secretary of State and the Secretary of War under President James Madison.
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| James Monroe: A Resource Guide James Monroe: A Resource Guide www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/presidents/monroe/ - Web |
| James Monroe James Monroe www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jamesmonroe - Web |
| American President: James Monroe (1758–1831) American President: James Monroe (1758–1831) millercenter.org/president/monroe - Web |
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| James Monroe Papers James Monroe Papers umwhistory.org/projects/jmp/ - Web |
| A Guide to the Papers of James Monroe 1778–1831 A Guide to the Papers of James Monroe 1778–1831 ead.lib.virginia.edu/.../viu03476.xml;query=James_Monroe;brand=default#bioghist_1.1 - Web |
| Monroe Doctrine; December 2, 1823 Monroe Doctrine; December 2, 1823 avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/monroe.asp - Web |
| Elections for candidate Monroe, James Elections for candidate Monroe, James elections.lib.tufts.edu/.../candidate-browse.xq?candidate-id=MJ1407 - Web |
| Ash Lawn-Highland Ash Lawn-Highland www.ashlawnhighland.org - Web |
| The James Monroe Memorial Foundation The James Monroe Memorial Foundation www.monroefoundation.org - Web |
| The James Monroe Birthplace The James Monroe Birthplace www.monroefoundation.org/monroe-birthplace.html - Web |
| James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library jamesmonroemuseum.umw.edu - Web |
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| James Monroe James Monroe www.americanpresidents.org/.../president.asp?PresidentNumber=5 - Web |
| The Health and Medical History of President James ... The Health and Medical History of President James Monroe www.doctorzebra.com/prez/g05.htm - Web |
