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James Monroe

President of the United States from 1817 to 1825 (1758-1831) · United States · Politicians · Died at 73

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The fifth president wrote a doctrine so durable it shaped American foreign policy for two centuries: keep Europe out of the Western Hemisphere. Monroe presided during a brief stretch of near-unopposed politics, expanded the country dramatically, and became the third president to die on July 4.

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1831Died4 July 18311829“What was the origin of our slave population?”In their words2 November 1829Speech in the Virginia State Convention for altering the Constitution (2 November 1829)

1823“In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.”In their words2 December 1823The Monroe Doctrine (2 December 1823)

1822“Our relation to Europe, is pretty much the same, as it was in the commencement of the French Revolution.”In their wordsLetter to Thomas Jefferson (1822)

1817Named President of the United StatesOffice4 March 1817 to 4 March 1825“It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty.”In their words4 March 1817First Inaugural Address (4 March 1817)

“National honor is the national property of the highest value.”In their words4 March 1817First Inaugural Address (4 March 1817)

“Preservation, improvement, and civilization of the native inhabitants. The Hunter state can exist only in the vast uncultivated desert.”In their wordsMessage to Congress (1817)

1816Named President-elect of the United StatesOffice1 December 1816 to 4 March 18171814Named United States Secretary of WarOffice27 September 1814 to 2 March 18151811Named United States Secretary of StateOffice2 April 1811 to 3 March 18171803Named United States Ambassador to the United KingdomOffice17 August 1803 to 7 October 18071799Named Governor of VirginiaOffice28 December 1799 to 1 December 18021794Named United States Ambassador to FranceOffice15 August 1794 to 9 December 17961790Named United States senatorOffice9 November 1790 to 27 May 17941758Born28 April 1758

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  1. What was the origin of our slave population?

    Nov 2, 1829, Speech in the Virginia State Convention for altering the Constitution (2 November 1829), Own words

  2. In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.

    Dec 2, 1823, The Monroe Doctrine (2 December 1823), Own words

  3. The mention of Greece fills the mind with the most exalted sentiments, and arouses in our bosoms the best feelings of which our nature is susceptible.

    Dec 1822, Message to Congress (December 1822), Own words

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Born in 1758, Monroe fought in the Continental Army before studying law under Thomas Jefferson. He opposed ratifying the Constitution, then pivoted into a Senate career where he led the emerging Democratic-Republican Party. As Jefferson's envoy, he helped negotiate the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, nearly doubling the country's size. A falling-out with James Madison over a rejected treaty led Monroe to challenge him for the presidency in 1808; he lost but joined Madison's cabinet in 1811, running both State and War simultaneously during the War of 1812. That wartime performance made him Madison's natural successor. Elected president in 1816, Monroe governed during the "Era of Good Feelings" when the Federalist opposition collapsed - he won reelection in 1820 virtually unopposed. He signed the Missouri Compromise, acquired Florida from Spain, and in 1823 issued the Monroe Doctrine warning Europe against new colonialism in the Americas. He left office in 1825, fell into debt, and died in New York on July 4, 1831.

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Lived 1758 to 1831 · aged 73

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