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James Monroe
(28 Apr 1758 - 4 Jul 1831)
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== James Monroe ==
5th U.S. President
"When we view the blessings with which our country has been favored, those which we now enjoy, and the means which we possess of handing them down unimpaired to our latest posterity, our attention is irresistibly drawn to the source from whence they flow. Let us then, unite in offering our most grateful acknowledgments for these blessings to the Divine Author of All Good."
--''Monroe made this statement in his 2nd Annual Message to Congress, November 16, 1818.'' William J. Federer, Treasury Of Presidential Quotations, Amerisearch, Inc., Jan 1, 2004 [http://books.google.com/books?id=ViUb1DLpnS4C&pg=PA48&dq=%22view+the+blessings+with+which+our+country%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bYJPUYzaMsWzywG8_YCoBQ&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22view%20the%20blessings%20with%20which%20our%20country%22&f=false GoogleBook]
----
AJ Jacobs and James Monroe have 25 degrees of separation
=== Biography ===James Monroe[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe James Monroe on Wikipedia] was the fifth President of the United States. He served as president from 1817 to 1825. His Vice President throughout his time in office was [[Tompkins-551|Daniel D. Tomkins]]. President Monroe is considered the '''last president of the Founding Fathers''' of the United States. Monroe is most noted for his foreign policy proclamation the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine]. An active [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:WikiTree_Genealogy_Guide_US_Presidents&public=1#Freemasonry freemason] he comes from deep Scottish roots with a line of his family descended from the clan of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Munro,_14th_Baron_of_Foulis Munro].The initial source of this timeline is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe Wikipedia page on James Monroe]. Each item has been confirmed with at least one other source. (see external links)
;'''1758 April 28''' Born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Hall,_Virginia Monroe Hall],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmoreland_County,_Virginia Westmoreland County, Virginia] member of the Planter Class The planter class was basically rich white plantation (and slave) owners..
;'''1774''': Briefly attended the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:College_of_William_and_Mary%2C_Williamsburg%2C_Virginia College of William and Mary] but left school early as political tensions with England increased.
;'''1776''': Commissioned as a lieutenant in the Continental Army he participated in battles in New York and New Jersey, wintering with George Washington at Valley Forge.
;'''1776 December 25''': James Monroe is seriously wounded during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trenton Battle of Trenton] between General George Washington's Americans against the Hessians and British troops led by Colonel Rahl.
;'''1780''' (age 24): Monroe leaves the army as a colonel to study law at William and Mary and in Richmond under [[jefferson-1|Thomas Jefferson]], who becames a lifelong friend, a political mentor, and a neighbor.
;'''1783 November 3''': Delegate to the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:WikiTree_Genealogy_Guide:_Founding_Fathers Congress of the Confederation] from Virginia till November 7, 1786
;'''1786 February 16''': James Monroe marries [[Kortright-88|Elizabeth Kortright]], daughter of Laurence Kortright and Hannah Aspinwall Kortright,in New York City. He had met her while serving with the Continental Congress, which then met in [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/nyc.html New York, the temporary national capital].
;'''1787 December 5''':First child of James and Elizabeth, [[Monroe-466|Eliza Monroe]] born in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
;'''1790 November 9''': United States [[:Category:US Senators of Virginia|Senator from Virginia]] till March 29, 1794
;'''1794 May 28''': [[:Category:US Ambassadors to France|United States Minister to France]] till September 9, 1796.
;'''1799 December 19''': 12th [[:Category:Governors of Virginia|Governor of Virginia]] till December 1, 1802
;'''1799 May''': James, the only son of James and Elizabeth, is born in Richmond, Virginia. Son James only lives a short time and dies in 1801
;'''1803 April 18''': United States Minister to the United Kingdom till - February 26, 1808. He rises to national prominence, as a signer and negotiator of The [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Louisiana_Purchase Louisiana Purchase].
;'''1803 May 20''': Third child of James and Elizabeth, [[Monroe-468|Maria Hester Monroe]] Born in Paris, France
;'''1811 January 16''': Elected to a second term as the 16th [[:Category:Governors of Virginia|Governor of Virginia]] until appointed as Secretary of State
;'''1811 April 2''': 7th United States [[:category:US Secretaries of State|Secretary of State]] - Appointed by President James Madison.
;'''1814 September 27''': 8th United States [[:category:US Secretaries of War|Secretary of War]]
;'''1817 March 4''' (age 59): James Monroe elected as 5th president of the united states as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party Democratic-Republican][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party]. He selects [[Tompkins-551|Daniel Tompkins]] as his [[:category:US Vice Presidents|Vice President]].
;'''1823 December 2''': James Monroe [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine] states a new foreign policy for the United States during his 7th Annual address. The Monroe Doctrine was largely written by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. It is one of the most important policy documents of our time and has been cited by numerous presidents..
;'''1825 March 4''': James Monroe retires from public office and returns to Ash Lawn
;'''1831 July 4''': Died [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=724] (age 73), New York City, New York Resting place, [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Hollywood_Cemetery%2C_Richmond%2C_Virginia ✞ Hollywood Cemetery], Richmond, Virginia
== References ==
== External Links ==* The religion of [http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2003/autumn/holmes-religion-james-monroe/ James Monroe]
* [http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/presidents/monroe/ James Monroe: A Resource Guide] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress Library of Congress]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=724 James Monroe] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_a_Grave Find a Grave]
* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jamesmonroe James Monroe] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House White House]
* [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/monroe.asp Monroe Doctrine; December 2, 1823] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_Project Avalon Project]
* [http://www.ashlawnhighland.org/ Ash Lawn-Highland], home of President James Monroe
* The [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine] at [http://wikitree.com Wikitree]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe James Monroe] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia]
* James Monroe member of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party Democrat-Republican Party]
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== James Monroe ==
5th U.S. President
"When we view the blessings with which our country has been favored, those which we now enjoy, and the means which we possess of handing them down unimpaired to our latest posterity, our attention is irresistibly drawn to the source from whence they flow. Let us then, unite in offering our most grateful acknowledgments for these blessings to the Divine Author of All Good."
--''Monroe made this statement in his 2nd Annual Message to Congress, November 16, 1818.'' William J. Federer, Treasury Of Presidential Quotations, Amerisearch, Inc., Jan 1, 2004 [http://books.google.com/books?id=ViUb1DLpnS4C&pg=PA48&dq=%22view+the+blessings+with+which+our+country%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bYJPUYzaMsWzywG8_YCoBQ&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22view%20the%20blessings%20with%20which%20our%20country%22&f=false GoogleBook]
----
AJ Jacobs and James Monroe have 25 degrees of separation
=== Biography ===James Monroe[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe James Monroe on Wikipedia] was the fifth President of the United States. He served as president from 1817 to 1825. His Vice President throughout his time in office was [[Tompkins-551|Daniel D. Tomkins]]. President Monroe is considered the '''last president of the Founding Fathers''' of the United States. Monroe is most noted for his foreign policy proclamation the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine]. An active [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:WikiTree_Genealogy_Guide_US_Presidents&public=1#Freemasonry freemason] he comes from deep Scottish roots with a line of his family descended from the clan of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Munro,_14th_Baron_of_Foulis Munro].The initial source of this timeline is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe Wikipedia page on James Monroe]. Each item has been confirmed with at least one other source. (see external links)
;'''1758 April 28''' Born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Hall,_Virginia Monroe Hall],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmoreland_County,_Virginia Westmoreland County, Virginia] member of the Planter Class The planter class was basically rich white plantation (and slave) owners..
;'''1774''': Briefly attended the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:College_of_William_and_Mary%2C_Williamsburg%2C_Virginia College of William and Mary] but left school early as political tensions with England increased.
;'''1776''': Commissioned as a lieutenant in the Continental Army he participated in battles in New York and New Jersey, wintering with George Washington at Valley Forge.
;'''1776 December 25''': James Monroe is seriously wounded during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trenton Battle of Trenton] between General George Washington's Americans against the Hessians and British troops led by Colonel Rahl.
;'''1780''' (age 24): Monroe leaves the army as a colonel to study law at William and Mary and in Richmond under [[jefferson-1|Thomas Jefferson]], who becames a lifelong friend, a political mentor, and a neighbor.
;'''1783 November 3''': Delegate to the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:WikiTree_Genealogy_Guide:_Founding_Fathers Congress of the Confederation] from Virginia till November 7, 1786
;'''1786 February 16''': James Monroe marries [[Kortright-88|Elizabeth Kortright]], daughter of Laurence Kortright and Hannah Aspinwall Kortright,in New York City. He had met her while serving with the Continental Congress, which then met in [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/nyc.html New York, the temporary national capital].
;'''1787 December 5''':First child of James and Elizabeth, [[Monroe-466|Eliza Monroe]] born in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
;'''1790 November 9''': United States [[:Category:US Senators of Virginia|Senator from Virginia]] till March 29, 1794
;'''1794 May 28''': [[:Category:US Ambassadors to France|United States Minister to France]] till September 9, 1796.
;'''1799 December 19''': 12th [[:Category:Governors of Virginia|Governor of Virginia]] till December 1, 1802
;'''1799 May''': James, the only son of James and Elizabeth, is born in Richmond, Virginia. Son James only lives a short time and dies in 1801
;'''1803 April 18''': United States Minister to the United Kingdom till - February 26, 1808. He rises to national prominence, as a signer and negotiator of The [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Louisiana_Purchase Louisiana Purchase].
;'''1803 May 20''': Third child of James and Elizabeth, [[Monroe-468|Maria Hester Monroe]] Born in Paris, France
;'''1811 January 16''': Elected to a second term as the 16th [[:Category:Governors of Virginia|Governor of Virginia]] until appointed as Secretary of State
;'''1811 April 2''': 7th United States [[:category:US Secretaries of State|Secretary of State]] - Appointed by President James Madison.
;'''1814 September 27''': 8th United States [[:category:US Secretaries of War|Secretary of War]]
;'''1817 March 4''' (age 59): James Monroe elected as 5th president of the united states as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party Democratic-Republican][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party]. He selects [[Tompkins-551|Daniel Tompkins]] as his [[:category:US Vice Presidents|Vice President]].
;'''1823 December 2''': James Monroe [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine] states a new foreign policy for the United States during his 7th Annual address. The Monroe Doctrine was largely written by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. It is one of the most important policy documents of our time and has been cited by numerous presidents..
;'''1825 March 4''': James Monroe retires from public office and returns to Ash Lawn
;'''1831 July 4''': Died [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=724] (age 73), New York City, New York Resting place, [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Hollywood_Cemetery%2C_Richmond%2C_Virginia ✞ Hollywood Cemetery], Richmond, Virginia
== References ==
== External Links ==* The religion of [http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2003/autumn/holmes-religion-james-monroe/ James Monroe]
* [http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/presidents/monroe/ James Monroe: A Resource Guide] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress Library of Congress]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=724 James Monroe] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_a_Grave Find a Grave]
* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jamesmonroe James Monroe] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House White House]
* [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/monroe.asp Monroe Doctrine; December 2, 1823] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_Project Avalon Project]
* [http://www.ashlawnhighland.org/ Ash Lawn-Highland], home of President James Monroe
* The [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine] at [http://wikitree.com Wikitree]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe James Monroe] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia]
* James Monroe member of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party Democrat-Republican Party]
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== James Monroe ==
5th U.S. President
"When we view the blessings with which our country has been favored, those which we now enjoy, and the means which we possess of handing them down unimpaired to our latest posterity, our attention is irresistibly drawn to the source from whence they flow. Let us then, unite in offering our most grateful acknowledgments for these blessings to the Divine Author of All Good."
--''Monroe made this statement in his 2nd Annual Message to Congress, November 16, 1818.'' William J. Federer, Treasury Of Presidential Quotations, Amerisearch, Inc., Jan 1, 2004 [http://books.google.com/books?id=ViUb1DLpnS4C&pg=PA48&dq=%22view+the+blessings+with+which+our+country%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bYJPUYzaMsWzywG8_YCoBQ&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22view%20the%20blessings%20with%20which%20our%20country%22&f=false GoogleBook]
----
AJ Jacobs and James Monroe have 25 degrees of separation
=== Biography ===James Monroe[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe James Monroe on Wikipedia] was the fifth President of the United States. He served as president from 1817 to 1825. His Vice President throughout his time in office was [[Tompkins-551|Daniel D. Tomkins]]. President Monroe is considered the '''last president of the Founding Fathers''' of the United States. Monroe is most noted for his foreign policy proclamation the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine]. An active [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:WikiTree_Genealogy_Guide_US_Presidents&public=1#Freemasonry freemason] he comes from deep Scottish roots with a line of his family descended from the clan of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Munro,_14th_Baron_of_Foulis Munro].The initial source of this timeline is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe Wikipedia page on James Monroe]. Each item has been confirmed with at least one other source. (see external links)
;'''1758 April 28''' Born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Hall,_Virginia Monroe Hall],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmoreland_County,_Virginia Westmoreland County, Virginia] member of the Planter Class The planter class was basically rich white plantation (and slave) owners..
;'''1774''': Briefly attended the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:College_of_William_and_Mary%2C_Williamsburg%2C_Virginia College of William and Mary] but left school early as political tensions with England increased.
;'''1776''': Commissioned as a lieutenant in the Continental Army he participated in battles in New York and New Jersey, wintering with George Washington at Valley Forge.
;'''1776 December 25''': James Monroe is seriously wounded during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trenton Battle of Trenton] between General George Washington's Americans against the Hessians and British troops led by Colonel Rahl.
;'''1780''' (age 24): Monroe leaves the army as a colonel to study law at William and Mary and in Richmond under [[jefferson-1|Thomas Jefferson]], who becames a lifelong friend, a political mentor, and a neighbor.
;'''1783 November 3''': Delegate to the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:WikiTree_Genealogy_Guide:_Founding_Fathers Congress of the Confederation] from Virginia till November 7, 1786
;'''1786 February 16''': James Monroe marries [[Kortright-88|Elizabeth Kortright]], daughter of Laurence Kortright and Hannah Aspinwall Kortright,in New York City. He had met her while serving with the Continental Congress, which then met in [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/nyc.html New York, the temporary national capital].
;'''1787 December 5''':First child of James and Elizabeth, [[Monroe-466|Eliza Monroe]] born in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
;'''1790 November 9''': United States [[:Category:US Senators of Virginia|Senator from Virginia]] till March 29, 1794
;'''1794 May 28''': [[:Category:US Ambassadors to France|United States Minister to France]] till September 9, 1796.
;'''1799 December 19''': 12th [[:Category:Governors of Virginia|Governor of Virginia]] till December 1, 1802
;'''1799 May''': James, the only son of James and Elizabeth, is born in Richmond, Virginia. Son James only lives a short time and dies in 1801
;'''1803 April 18''': United States Minister to the United Kingdom till - February 26, 1808. He rises to national prominence, as a signer and negotiator of The [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Louisiana_Purchase Louisiana Purchase].
;'''1803 May 20''': Third child of James and Elizabeth, [[Monroe-468|Maria Hester Monroe]] Born in Paris, France
;'''1811 January 16''': Elected to a second term as the 16th [[:Category:Governors of Virginia|Governor of Virginia]] until appointed as Secretary of State
;'''1811 April 2''': 7th United States [[:category:US Secretaries of State|Secretary of State]] - Appointed by President James Madison.
;'''1814 September 27''': 8th United States [[:category:US Secretaries of War|Secretary of War]]
;'''1817 March 4''' (age 59): James Monroe elected as 5th president of the united states as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party Democratic-Republican][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party]. He selects [[Tompkins-551|Daniel Tompkins]] as his [[:category:US Vice Presidents|Vice President]].
;'''1823 December 2''': James Monroe [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine] states a new foreign policy for the United States during his 7th Annual address. The Monroe Doctrine was largely written by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. It is one of the most important policy documents of our time and has been cited by numerous presidents..
;'''1825 March 4''': James Monroe retires from public office and returns to Ash Lawn
;'''1831 July 4''': Died [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=724] (age 73), New York City, New York Resting place, [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Hollywood_Cemetery%2C_Richmond%2C_Virginia ✞ Hollywood Cemetery], Richmond, Virginia
== References ==
== External Links ==* The religion of [http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2003/autumn/holmes-religion-james-monroe/ James Monroe]
* [http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/presidents/monroe/ James Monroe: A Resource Guide] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress Library of Congress]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=724 James Monroe] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_a_Grave Find a Grave]
* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jamesmonroe James Monroe] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House White House]
* [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/monroe.asp Monroe Doctrine; December 2, 1823] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_Project Avalon Project]
* [http://www.ashlawnhighland.org/ Ash Lawn-Highland], home of President James Monroe
* The [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine] at [http://wikitree.com Wikitree]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe James Monroe] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia]
* James Monroe member of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party Democrat-Republican Party]
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== James Monroe ==
5th U.S. President
"When we view the blessings with which our country has been favored, those which we now enjoy, and the means which we possess of handing them down unimpaired to our latest posterity, our attention is irresistibly drawn to the source from whence they flow. Let us then, unite in offering our most grateful acknowledgments for these blessings to the Divine Author of All Good."
--''Monroe made this statement in his 2nd Annual Message to Congress, November 16, 1818.'' William J. Federer, Treasury Of Presidential Quotations, Amerisearch, Inc., Jan 1, 2004 [http://books.google.com/books?id=ViUb1DLpnS4C&pg=PA48&dq=%22view+the+blessings+with+which+our+country%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bYJPUYzaMsWzywG8_YCoBQ&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22view%20the%20blessings%20with%20which%20our%20country%22&f=false GoogleBook]
----
AJ Jacobs and James Monroe have 25 degrees of separation
=== Biography ===James Monroe[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe James Monroe on Wikipedia] was the fifth President of the United States. He served as president from 1817 to 1825. His Vice President throughout his time in office was [[Tompkins-551|Daniel D. Tomkins]]. President Monroe is considered the '''last president of the Founding Fathers''' of the United States. Monroe is most noted for his foreign policy proclamation the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine]. An active [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:WikiTree_Genealogy_Guide_US_Presidents&public=1#Freemasonry freemason] he comes from deep Scottish roots with a line of his family descended from the clan of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Munro,_14th_Baron_of_Foulis Munro].The initial source of this timeline is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe Wikipedia page on James Monroe]. Each item has been confirmed with at least one other source. (see external links)
;'''1758 April 28''' Born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Hall,_Virginia Monroe Hall],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmoreland_County,_Virginia Westmoreland County, Virginia] member of the Planter Class The planter class was basically rich white plantation (and slave) owners..
;'''1774''': Briefly attended the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:College_of_William_and_Mary%2C_Williamsburg%2C_Virginia College of William and Mary] but left school early as political tensions with England increased.
;'''1776''': Commissioned as a lieutenant in the Continental Army he participated in battles in New York and New Jersey, wintering with George Washington at Valley Forge.
;'''1776 December 25''': James Monroe is seriously wounded during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trenton Battle of Trenton] between General George Washington's Americans against the Hessians and British troops led by Colonel Rahl.
;'''1780''' (age 24): Monroe leaves the army as a colonel to study law at William and Mary and in Richmond under [[jefferson-1|Thomas Jefferson]], who becames a lifelong friend, a political mentor, and a neighbor.
;'''1783 November 3''': Delegate to the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:WikiTree_Genealogy_Guide:_Founding_Fathers Congress of the Confederation] from Virginia till November 7, 1786
;'''1786 February 16''': James Monroe marries [[Kortright-88|Elizabeth Kortright]], daughter of Laurence Kortright and Hannah Aspinwall Kortright,in New York City. He had met her while serving with the Continental Congress, which then met in [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/nyc.html New York, the temporary national capital].
;'''1787 December 5''':First child of James and Elizabeth, [[Monroe-466|Eliza Monroe]] born in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
;'''1790 November 9''': United States [[:Category:US Senators of Virginia|Senator from Virginia]] till March 29, 1794
;'''1794 May 28''': [[:Category:US Ambassadors to France|United States Minister to France]] till September 9, 1796.
;'''1799 December 19''': 12th [[:Category:Governors of Virginia|Governor of Virginia]] till December 1, 1802
;'''1799 May''': James, the only son of James and Elizabeth, is born in Richmond, Virginia. Son James only lives a short time and dies in 1801
;'''1803 April 18''': United States Minister to the United Kingdom till – February 26, 1808. He rises to national prominence, as a signer and negotiator of The [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Louisiana_Purchase Louisiana Purchase].
;'''1803 May 20''': Third child of James and Elizabeth, [[Monroe-468|Maria Hester Monroe]] Born in Paris, France
;'''1811 January 16''': Elected to a second term as the 16th [[:Category:Governors of Virginia|Governor of Virginia]] until appointed as Secretary of State
;'''1811 April 2''': 7th United States [[:category:US Secretaries of State|Secretary of State]] – Appointed by President James Madison.
;'''1814 September 27''': 8th United States [[:category:US Secretaries of War|Secretary of War]]
;'''1817 March 4''' (age 59): James Monroe elected as 5th president of the united states as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party Democratic-Republican][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party]. He selects [[Tompkins-551|Daniel Tompkins]] as his [[:category:US Vice Presidents|Vice President]].
;'''1823 December 2''': James Monroe [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine] states a new foreign policy for the United States during his 7th Annual address. The Monroe Doctrine was largely written by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. It is one of the most important policy documents of our time and has been cited by numerous presidents..
;'''1825 March 4''': James Monroe retires from public office and returns to Ash Lawn
;'''1831 July 4''': Died [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=724] (age 73), New York City, New York Resting place, [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Hollywood_Cemetery%2C_Richmond%2C_Virginia ✞ Hollywood Cemetery], Richmond, Virginia
== References ==
== External Links ==* The religion of [http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2003/autumn/holmes-religion-james-monroe/ James Monroe]
* [http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/presidents/monroe/ James Monroe: A Resource Guide] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress Library of Congress]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=724 James Monroe] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_a_Grave Find a Grave]
* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jamesmonroe James Monroe] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House White House]
* [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/monroe.asp Monroe Doctrine; December 2, 1823] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_Project Avalon Project]
* [http://www.ashlawnhighland.org/ Ash Lawn-Highland], home of President James Monroe
* The [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine] at [http://wikitree.com Wikitree]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe James Monroe] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia]
* James Monroe member of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party Democrat-Republican Party]
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== James Monroe ==
5th U.S. President
"When we view the blessings with which our country has been favored, those which we now enjoy, and the means which we possess of handing them down unimpaired to our latest posterity, our attention is irresistibly drawn to the source from whence they flow. Let us then, unite in offering our most grateful acknowledgments for these blessings to the Divine Author of All Good."
--''Monroe made this statement in his 2nd Annual Message to Congress, November 16, 1818.'' William J. Federer, Treasury Of Presidential Quotations, Amerisearch, Inc., Jan 1, 2004 [http://books.google.com/books?id=ViUb1DLpnS4C&pg=PA48&dq=%22view+the+blessings+with+which+our+country%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bYJPUYzaMsWzywG8_YCoBQ&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22view%20the%20blessings%20with%20which%20our%20country%22&f=false GoogleBook]
=== Biography ===James Monroe[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe James Monroe on Wikipedia] was the fifth President of the United States. He served as president from 1817 to 1825. His Vice President throughout his time in office was [[Tompkins-551|Daniel D. Tomkins]]. President Monroe is considered the '''last president of the Founding Fathers''' of the United States. Monroe is most noted for his foreign policy proclamation the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine]. An active [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:WikiTree_Genealogy_Guide_US_Presidents&public=1#Freemasonry freemason] he comes from deep Scottish roots with a line of his family descended from the clan of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Munro,_14th_Baron_of_Foulis Munro].The initial source of this timeline is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe Wikipedia page on James Monroe]. Each item has been confirmed with at least one other source. (see external links)
;'''1758 April 28''' Born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Hall,_Virginia Monroe Hall],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmoreland_County,_Virginia Westmoreland County, Virginia] member of the Planter Class The planter class was basically rich white plantation (and slave) owners..
;'''1774''': Briefly attended the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:College_of_William_and_Mary%2C_Williamsburg%2C_Virginia College of William and Mary] but left school early as political tensions with England increased.
;'''1776''': Commissioned as a lieutenant in the Continental Army he participated in battles in New York and New Jersey, wintering with George Washington at Valley Forge.
;'''1776 December 25''': James Monroe is seriously wounded during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trenton Battle of Trenton] between General George Washington's Americans against the Hessians and British troops led by Colonel Rahl.
;'''1780''' (age 24): Monroe leaves the army as a colonel to study law at William and Mary and in Richmond under [[jefferson-1|Thomas Jefferson]], who becames a lifelong friend, a political mentor, and a neighbor.
;'''1783 November 3''': Delegate to the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:WikiTree_Genealogy_Guide:_Founding_Fathers Congress of the Confederation] from Virginia till November 7, 1786
;'''1786 February 16''': James Monroe marries [[Kortright-88|Elizabeth Kortright]], daughter of Laurence Kortright and Hannah Aspinwall Kortright,in New York City. He had met her while serving with the Continental Congress, which then met in [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/nyc.html New York, the temporary national capital].
;'''1787 December 5''':First child of James and Elizabeth, [[Monroe-466|Eliza Monroe]] born in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
;'''1790 November 9''': United States [[:Category: US Senators from Virginia|Senator from Virginia]] till March 29, 1794
;'''1794 May 28''': [[:Category:US Ambassadors to France|United States Minister to France]] till September 9, 1796.
;'''1799 December 19''': 12th [[:Category: Virginia Governors|Governor of Virginia]] till December 1, 1802
;'''1799 May''': James, the only son of James and Elizabeth, is born in Richmond, Virginia. Son James only lives a short time and dies in 1801
;'''1803 April 18''': United States Minister to the United Kingdom till – February 26, 1808. He rises to national prominence, as a signer and negotiator of The [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Louisiana_Purchase Louisiana Purchase].
;'''1803 May 20''': Third child of James and Elizabeth, [[Monroe-468|Maria Hester Monroe]] Born in Paris, France
;'''1811 January 16''': Elected to a second term as the 16th [[:Category: Virginia Governors|Governor of Virginia]] until appointed as Secretary of State
;'''1811 April 2''': 7th United States [[:category:US Secretaries of State|Secretary of State]] – Appointed by President James Madison.
;'''1814 September 27''': 8th United States [[:category:US Secretaries of War|Secretary of War]]
;'''1817 March 4''' (age 59): James Monroe elected as 5th president of the united states as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party Democratic-Republican][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party]. He selects [[Tompkins-551|Daniel Tompkins]] as his [[:category:US Vice Presidents|Vice President]].
;'''1823 December 2''': James Monroe [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine] states a new foreign policy for the United States during his 7th Annual address. The Monroe Doctrine was largely written by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. It is one of the most important policy documents of our time and has been cited by numerous presidents..
;'''1825 March 4''': James Monroe retires from public office and returns to Ash Lawn
;'''1831 July 4''': Died [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=724] (age 73), New York City, New York Resting place, [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Hollywood_Cemetery%2C_Richmond%2C_Virginia ✞ Hollywood Cemetery], Richmond, Virginia
== Legacy ==*Seventeen US counties have named counties in President Monroe's honor. They are: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
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== James Monroe ==
5th U.S. President
"When we view the blessings with which our country has been favored, those which we now enjoy, and the means which we possess of handing them down unimpaired to our latest posterity, our attention is irresistibly drawn to the source from whence they flow. Let us then, unite in offering our most grateful acknowledgments for these blessings to the Divine Author of All Good."
--''Monroe made this statement in his 2nd Annual Message to Congress, November 16, 1818.'' William J. Federer, Treasury Of Presidential Quotations, Amerisearch, Inc., Jan 1, 2004 [http://books.google.com/books?id=ViUb1DLpnS4C&pg=PA48&dq=%22view+the+blessings+with+which+our+country%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bYJPUYzaMsWzywG8_YCoBQ&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22view%20the%20blessings%20with%20which%20our%20country%22&f=false GoogleBook]
----
AJ Jacobs and James Monroe have 25 degrees of separation
=== Biography ===James Monroe[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe James Monroe on Wikipedia] was the fifth President of the United States. He served as president from 1817 to 1825. His Vice President throughout his time in office was [[Tompkins-551|Daniel D. Tomkins]]. President Monroe is considered the '''last president of the Founding Fathers''' of the United States. Monroe is most noted for his foreign policy proclamation the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine]. An active [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:WikiTree_Genealogy_Guide_US_Presidents&public=1#Freemasonry freemason] he comes from deep Scottish roots with a line of his family descended from the clan of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Munro,_14th_Baron_of_Foulis Munro].The initial source of this timeline is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe Wikipedia page on James Monroe]. Each item has been confirmed with at least one other source. (see external links)
;'''1758 April 28''' Born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Hall,_Virginia Monroe Hall],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmoreland_County,_Virginia Westmoreland County, Virginia] member of the Planter Class The planter class was basically rich white plantation (and slave) owners..
;'''1774''': Briefly attended the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:College_of_William_and_Mary%2C_Williamsburg%2C_Virginia College of William and Mary] but left school early as political tensions with England increased.
;'''1776''': Commissioned as a lieutenant in the Continental Army he participated in battles in New York and New Jersey, wintering with George Washington at Valley Forge.
;'''1776 December 25''': James Monroe is seriously wounded during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trenton Battle of Trenton] between General George Washington's Americans against the Hessians and British troops led by Colonel Rahl.
;'''1780''' (age 24): Monroe leaves the army as a colonel to study law at William and Mary and in Richmond under [[jefferson-1|Thomas Jefferson]], who becames a lifelong friend, a political mentor, and a neighbor.
☆ James Monroe Political Career Begins ☆
;'''1783 November 3''': Delegate to the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:WikiTree_Genealogy_Guide:_Founding_Fathers Congress of the Confederation] from Virginia till November 7, 1786
;'''1786 February 16''': James Monroe marries [[Kortright-88|Elizabeth Kortright]], daughter of Laurence Kortright and Hannah Aspinwall Kortright,in New York City. He had met her while serving with the Continental Congress, which then met in [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/nyc.html New York, the temporary national capital].
;'''1787 December 5''':First child of James and Elizabeth, [[Monroe-466|Eliza Monroe]] born in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
;'''1790 November 9''': United States [[:Category:US Senators of Virginia|Senator from Virginia]] till March 29, 1794
;'''1794 May 28''': [[:Category:US Ambassadors to France|United States Minister to France]] till September 9, 1796.
;'''1799 December 19''': 12th [[:Category:Governors of Virginia|Governor of Virginia]] till December 1, 1802
;'''1799 May''': James, the only son of James and Elizabeth, is born in Richmond, Virginia. Son James only lives a short time and dies in 1801
;'''1803 April 18''': United States Minister to the United Kingdom till - February 26, 1808. He rises to national prominence, as a signer and negotiator of The [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Louisiana_Purchase Louisiana Purchase].
;'''1803 May 20''': Third child of James and Elizabeth, [[Monroe-468|Maria Hester Monroe]] Born in Paris, France
;'''1811 January 16''': Elected to a second term as the 16th [[:Category:Governors of Virginia|Governor of Virginia]] until appointed as Secretary of State
;'''1811 April 2''': 7th United States [[:category:US Secretaries of State|Secretary of State]] - Appointed by President James Madison.
;'''1814 September 27''': 8th United States [[:category:US Secretaries of War|Secretary of War]]
☆ James Monroe Presidency Begins ☆
;'''1817 March 4''' (age 59): James Monroe elected as 5th president of the united states as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party Democratic-Republican][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party]. He selects [[Tompkins-551|Daniel Tompkins]] as his [[:category:US Vice Presidents|Vice President]].
;'''1823 December 2''': James Monroe [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine] states a new foreign policy for the United States during his 7th Annual address. The Monroe Doctrine was largely written by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. It is one of the most important policy documents of our time and has been cited by numerous presidents..
☆ James Monroe Retires ☆
;'''1825 March 4''': James Monroe retires from public office and returns to Ash Lawn
;'''1831 July 4''': Died [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=724] (age 73), New York City, New York Resting place, [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Hollywood_Cemetery%2C_Richmond%2C_Virginia ✞ Hollywood Cemetery], Richmond, Virginia
== References ==
== External Links ==* The religion of [http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2003/autumn/holmes-religion-james-monroe/ James Monroe]
* [http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/presidents/monroe/ James Monroe: A Resource Guide] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress Library of Congress]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=724 James Monroe] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_a_Grave Find a Grave]
* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jamesmonroe James Monroe] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House White House]
* [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/monroe.asp Monroe Doctrine; December 2, 1823] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_Project Avalon Project]
* [http://www.ashlawnhighland.org/ Ash Lawn-Highland], home of President James Monroe
* The [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine] at [http://wikitree.com Wikitree]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe James Monroe] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia]
* James Monroe member of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party Democrat-Republican Party]
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== James Monroe ==
5th U.S. President
"When we view the blessings with which our country has been favored, those which we now enjoy, and the means which we possess of handing them down unimpaired to our latest posterity, our attention is irresistibly drawn to the source from whence they flow. Let us then, unite in offering our most grateful acknowledgments for these blessings to the Divine Author of All Good."
--''Monroe made this statement in his 2nd Annual Message to Congress, November 16, 1818.'' William J. Federer, Treasury Of Presidential Quotations, Amerisearch, Inc., Jan 1, 2004 [http://books.google.com/books?id=ViUb1DLpnS4C&pg=PA48&dq=%22view+the+blessings+with+which+our+country%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bYJPUYzaMsWzywG8_YCoBQ&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22view%20the%20blessings%20with%20which%20our%20country%22&f=false GoogleBook]
----
AJ Jacobs and James Monroe have 25 degrees of separation
=== Biography ===James Monroe[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe James Monroe on Wikipedia] was the fifth President of the United States. He served as president from 1817 to 1825. His Vice President throughout his time in office was [[Tompkins-551|Daniel D. Tomkins]]. President Monroe is considered the '''last president of the Founding Fathers''' of the United States. Monroe is most noted for his foreign policy proclamation the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine]. An active [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:WikiTree_Genealogy_Guide_US_Presidents&public=1#Freemasonry freemason] he comes from deep Scottish roots with a line of his family descended from the clan of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Munro,_14th_Baron_of_Foulis Munro].The initial source of this timeline is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe Wikipedia page on James Monroe]. Each item has been confirmed with at least one other source. (see external links)
;'''1758 April 28''' Born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Hall,_Virginia Monroe Hall],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmoreland_County,_Virginia Westmoreland County, Virginia] member of the Planter Class The planter class was basically rich white plantation (and slave) owners..
;'''1774''': Briefly attended the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:College_of_William_and_Mary%2C_Williamsburg%2C_Virginia College of William and Mary] but left school early as political tensions with England increased.
;'''1776''': Commissioned as a lieutenant in the Continental Army he participated in battles in New York and New Jersey, wintering with George Washington at Valley Forge.
;'''1776 December 25''': James Monroe is seriously wounded during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trenton Battle of Trenton] between General George Washington's Americans against the Hessians and British troops led by Colonel Rahl.
;'''1780''' (age 24): Monroe leaves the army as a colonel to study law at William and Mary and in Richmond under [[jefferson-1|Thomas Jefferson]], who becames a lifelong friend, a political mentor, and a neighbor.
☆ James Monroe Political Career Begins ☆
;'''1783 November 3''': Delegate to the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:WikiTree_Genealogy_Guide:_Founding_Fathers Congress of the Confederation] from Virginia till November 7, 1786
;'''1786 February 16''': James Monroe marries [[Kortright-88|Elizabeth Kortright]], daughter of Laurence Kortright and Hannah Aspinwall Kortright,in New York City. He had met her while serving with the Continental Congress, which then met in [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/nyc.html New York, the temporary national capital].
;'''1787 December 5''':First child of James and Elizabeth, [[Monroe-466|Eliza Monroe]] born in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
;'''1790 November 9''': United States [[:Category:US Senators of Virginia|Senator from Virginia]] till March 29, 1794
;'''1794 May 28''': [[:Category:US Ambassadors to France|United States Minister to France]] till September 9, 1796.
;'''1799 December 19''': 12th [[:Category:Governors of Virginia|Governor of Virginia]] till December 1, 1802
;'''1799 May''': James, the only son of James and Elizabeth, is born in Richmond, Virginia. Son James only lives a short time and dies in 1801
;'''1803 April 18''': United States Minister to the United Kingdom till - February 26, 1808. He rises to national prominence, as a signer and negotiator of The [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Louisiana_Purchase Louisiana Purchase].
;'''1803 May 20''': Third child of James and Elizabeth, [[Monroe-468|Maria Hester Monroe]] Born in Paris, France
;'''1811 January 16''': Elected to a second term as the 16th [[:Category:Governors of Virginia|Governor of Virginia]] until appointed as Secretary of State
;'''1811 April 2''': 7th United States [[:category:US Secretaries of State|Secretary of State]] - Appointed by President James Madison.
;'''1814 September 27''': 8th United States [[:category:US Secretaries of War|Secretary of War]]
☆ James Monroe Presidency Begins ☆
;'''1817 March 4''' (age 59): James Monroe elected as 5th president of the united states as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party Democratic-Republican][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party]. He selects [[Tompkins-551|Daniel Tompkins]] as his [[:category:US Vice Presidents|Vice President]].
;'''1823 December 2''': James Monroe [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine] states a new foreign policy for the United States during his 7th Annual address. The Monroe Doctrine was largely written by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. It is one of the most important policy documents of our time and has been cited by numerous presidents..
☆ James Monroe Retires ☆
;'''1825 March 4''': James Monroe retires from public office and returns to Ash Lawn
;'''1831 July 4''': Died [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=724] (age 73), New York City, New York Resting place, [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Hollywood_Cemetery%2C_Richmond%2C_Virginia ✞ Hollywood Cemetery], Richmond, Virginia
== References ==
== External Links ==* The religion of [http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2003/autumn/holmes-religion-james-monroe/ James Monroe]
* [http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/presidents/monroe/ James Monroe: A Resource Guide] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress Library of Congress]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=724 James Monroe] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_a_Grave Find a Grave]
* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jamesmonroe James Monroe] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House White House]
* [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/monroe.asp Monroe Doctrine; December 2, 1823] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_Project Avalon Project]
* [http://www.ashlawnhighland.org/ Ash Lawn-Highland], home of President James Monroe
* The [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine] at [http://wikitree.com Wikitree]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe James Monroe] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia]
* James Monroe member of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party Democrat-Republican Party]
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== James Monroe ==
5th U.S. President
"When we view the blessings with which our country has been favored, those which we now enjoy, and the means which we possess of handing them down unimpaired to our latest posterity, our attention is irresistibly drawn to the source from whence they flow. Let us then, unite in offering our most grateful acknowledgments for these blessings to the Divine Author of All Good."
--''Monroe made this statement in his 2nd Annual Message to Congress, November 16, 1818.'' William J. Federer, Treasury Of Presidential Quotations, Amerisearch, Inc., Jan 1, 2004 [http://books.google.com/books?id=ViUb1DLpnS4C&pg=PA48&dq=%22view+the+blessings+with+which+our+country%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bYJPUYzaMsWzywG8_YCoBQ&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22view%20the%20blessings%20with%20which%20our%20country%22&f=false GoogleBook]
----
AJ Jacobs and James Monroe have 25 degrees of separation
=== Biography ===James Monroe[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe James Monroe on Wikipedia] was the fifth President of the United States. He served as president from 1817 to 1825. His Vice President throughout his time in office was [[Tompkins-551|Daniel D. Tomkins]]. President Monroe is considered the '''last president of the Founding Fathers''' of the United States. Monroe is most noted for his foreign policy proclamation the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine]. An active [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:WikiTree_Genealogy_Guide_US_Presidents&public=1#Freemasonry freemason] he comes from deep Scottish roots with a line of his family descended from the clan of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Munro,_14th_Baron_of_Foulis Munro].The initial source of this timeline is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe Wikipedia page on James Monroe]. Each item has been confirmed with at least one other source. (see external links)
;'''1758 April 28''' Born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Hall,_Virginia Monroe Hall],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmoreland_County,_Virginia Westmoreland County, Virginia] member of the Planter Class The planter class was basically rich white plantation (and slave) owners..
;'''1774''': Briefly attended the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:College_of_William_and_Mary%2C_Williamsburg%2C_Virginia College of William and Mary] but left school early as political tensions with England increased.
;'''1776''': Commissioned as a lieutenant in the Continental Army he participated in battles in New York and New Jersey, wintering with George Washington at Valley Forge.
;'''1776 December 25''': James Monroe is seriously wounded during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trenton Battle of Trenton] between General George Washington's Americans against the Hessians and British troops led by Colonel Rahl.
;'''1780''' (age 24): Monroe leaves the army as a colonel to study law at William and Mary and in Richmond under [[jefferson-1|Thomas Jefferson]], who becames a lifelong friend, a political mentor, and a neighbor.
☆ James Monroe Political Career Begins ☆
;'''1783 November 3''': Delegate to the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:WikiTree_Genealogy_Guide:_Founding_Fathers Congress of the Confederation] from Virginia till November 7, 1786
;'''1786 February 16''': James Monroe marries [[Kortright-88|Elizabeth Kortright]], daughter of Laurence Kortright and Hannah Aspinwall Kortright,in New York City. He had met her while serving with the Continental Congress, which then met in [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/nyc.html New York, the temporary national capital].
;'''1787 December 5''':First child of James and Elizabeth, [[Monroe-466|Eliza Monroe]] born in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
;'''1790 November 9''': United States [[:Category:US Senators of Virginia|Senator from Virginia]] till March 29, 1794
;'''1794 May 28''': [[:Category:US Ambassadors to France|United States Minister to France]] till September 9, 1796.
;'''1799 December 19''': 12th [[:Category:Governors of Virginia|Governor of Virginia]] till December 1, 1802
;'''1799 May''': James, the only son of James and Elizabeth, is born in Richmond, Virginia. Son James only lives a short time and dies in 1801
;'''1803 April 18''': United States Minister to the United Kingdom till - February 26, 1808. He rises to national prominence, as a signer and negotiator of The [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Louisiana_Purchase Louisiana Purchase].
;'''1803 May 20''': Third child of James and Elizabeth, [[Monroe-468|Maria Hester Monroe]] Born in Paris, France
;'''1811 January 16''': Elected to a second term as the 16th [[:Category:Governors of Virginia|Governor of Virginia]] until appointed as Secretary of State
;'''1811 April 2''': 7th United States [[:category:US Secretaries of State|Secretary of State]] - Appointed by President James Madison.
;'''1814 September 27''': 8th United States [[:category:US Secretaries of War|Secretary of War]]
☆ James Monroe Presidency Begins ☆
;'''1817 March 4''' (age 59): James Monroe elected as 5th president of the united states as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party Democratic-Republican][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party]. He selects [[Tompkins-551|Daniel Tompkins]] as his [[:category:US Vice Presidents|Vice President]].
;'''1823 December 2''': James Monroe [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine] states a new foreign policy for the United States during his 7th Annual address. The Monroe Doctrine was largely written by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. It is one of the most important policy documents of our time and has been cited by numerous presidents..
☆ James Monroe Retires ☆
;'''1825 March 4''': James Monroe retires from public office and returns to Ash Lawn
;'''1831 July 4''': Died [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=724] (age 73), New York City, New York Resting place, [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Hollywood_Cemetery%2C_Richmond%2C_Virginia ✞ Hollywood Cemetery], Richmond, Virginia
== References ==
== External Links ==* The religion of [http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2003/autumn/holmes-religion-james-monroe/ James Monroe]
* [http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/presidents/monroe/ James Monroe: A Resource Guide] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress Library of Congress]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=724 James Monroe] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_a_Grave Find a Grave]
* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jamesmonroe James Monroe] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House White House]
* [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/monroe.asp Monroe Doctrine; December 2, 1823] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_Project Avalon Project]
* [http://www.ashlawnhighland.org/ Ash Lawn-Highland], home of President James Monroe
* The [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine] at [http://wikitree.com Wikitree]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe James Monroe] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia]
* James Monroe member of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party Democrat-Republican Party]
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== James Monroe ==
5th U.S. President
"When we view the blessings with which our country has been favored, those which we now enjoy, and the means which we possess of handing them down unimpaired to our latest posterity, our attention is irresistibly drawn to the source from whence they flow. Let us then, unite in offering our most grateful acknowledgments for these blessings to the Divine Author of All Good."
--''Monroe made this statement in his 2nd Annual Message to Congress, November 16, 1818.'' William J. Federer, Treasury Of Presidential Quotations, Amerisearch, Inc., Jan 1, 2004 [http://books.google.com/books?id=ViUb1DLpnS4C&pg=PA48&dq=%22view+the+blessings+with+which+our+country%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bYJPUYzaMsWzywG8_YCoBQ&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22view%20the%20blessings%20with%20which%20our%20country%22&f=false GoogleBook]
----
AJ Jacobs and James Monroe have 25 degrees of separation
=== Biography ===James Monroe[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe James Monroe on Wikipedia] was the fifth President of the United States. He served as president from 1817 to 1825. His Vice President throughout his time in office was [[Tompkins-551|Daniel D. Tomkins]]. President Monroe is considered the '''last president of the Founding Fathers''' of the United States. Monroe is most noted for his foreign policy proclamation the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine]. An active [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:WikiTree_Genealogy_Guide_US_Presidents&public=1#Freemasonry freemason] he comes from deep Scottish roots with a line of his family descended from the clan of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Munro,_14th_Baron_of_Foulis Munro].The initial source of this timeline is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe Wikipedia page on James Monroe]. Each item has been confirmed with at least one other source. (see external links)
;'''1758 April 28''' Born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Hall,_Virginia Monroe Hall],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmoreland_County,_Virginia Westmoreland County, Virginia] member of the Planter Class The planter class was basically rich white plantation (and slave) owners..
;'''1774''': Briefly attended the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:College_of_William_and_Mary%2C_Williamsburg%2C_Virginia College of William and Mary] but left school early as political tensions with England increased.
;'''1776''': Commissioned as a lieutenant in the Continental Army he participated in battles in New York and New Jersey, wintering with George Washington at Valley Forge.
;'''1776 December 25''': James Monroe is seriously wounded during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trenton Battle of Trenton] between General George Washington's Americans against the Hessians and British troops led by Colonel Rahl.
;'''1780''' (age 24): Monroe leaves the army as a colonel to study law at William and Mary and in Richmond under [[jefferson-1|Thomas Jefferson]], who becames a lifelong friend, a political mentor, and a neighbor.
☆ James Monroe Political Career Begins ☆
;'''1783 November 3''': Delegate to the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:WikiTree_Genealogy_Guide:_Founding_Fathers Congress of the Confederation] from Virginia till November 7, 1786
;'''1786 February 16''': James Monroe marries [[Kortright-88|Elizabeth Kortright]], daughter of Laurence Kortright and Hannah Aspinwall Kortright,in New York City. He had met her while serving with the Continental Congress, which then met in [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/nyc.html New York, the temporary national capital].
;'''1787 December 5''':First child of James and Elizabeth, [[Monroe-466|Eliza Monroe]] born in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
;'''1790 November 9''': United States [[:Category:US Senators of Virginia|Senator from Virginia]] till March 29, 1794
;'''1794 May 28''': [[:Category:US Ambassadors to France|United States Minister to France]] till September 9, 1796.
;'''1799 December 19''': 12th [[:Category:Governors of Virginia|Governor of Virginia]] till December 1, 1802
;'''1799 May''': James, the only son of James and Elizabeth, is born in Richmond, Virginia. Son James only lives a short time and dies in 1801
;'''1803 April 18''': United States Minister to the United Kingdom till – February 26, 1808. He rises to national prominence, as a signer and negotiator of The [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Louisiana_Purchase Louisiana Purchase].
;'''1803 May 20''': Third child of James and Elizabeth, [[Monroe-468|Maria Hester Monroe]] Born in Paris, France
;'''1811 January 16''': Elected to a second term as the 16th [[:Category:Governors of Virginia|Governor of Virginia]] until appointed as Secretary of State
;'''1811 April 2''': 7th United States [[:category:US Secretaries of State|Secretary of State]] – Appointed by President James Madison.
;'''1814 September 27''': 8th United States [[:category:US Secretaries of War|Secretary of War]]
☆ James Monroe Presidency Begins ☆
;'''1817 March 4''' (age 59): James Monroe elected as 5th president of the united states as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party Democratic-Republican][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party]. He selects [[Tompkins-551|Daniel Tompkins]] as his [[:category:US Vice Presidents|Vice President]].
;'''1823 December 2''': James Monroe [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine] states a new foreign policy for the United States during his 7th Annual address. The Monroe Doctrine was largely written by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. It is one of the most important policy documents of our time and has been cited by numerous presidents..
☆ James Monroe Retires ☆
;'''1825 March 4''': James Monroe retires from public office and returns to Ash Lawn
;'''1831 July 4''': Died [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=724] (age 73), New York City, New York Resting place, [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Hollywood_Cemetery%2C_Richmond%2C_Virginia ✞ Hollywood Cemetery], Richmond, Virginia
== References ==
== External Links ==* The religion of [http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2003/autumn/holmes-religion-james-monroe/ James Monroe]
* [http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/presidents/monroe/ James Monroe: A Resource Guide] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress Library of Congress]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=724 James Monroe] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_a_Grave Find a Grave]
* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jamesmonroe James Monroe] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House White House]
* [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/monroe.asp Monroe Doctrine; December 2, 1823] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_Project Avalon Project]
* [http://www.ashlawnhighland.org/ Ash Lawn-Highland], home of President James Monroe
* The [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine] at [http://wikitree.com Wikitree]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe James Monroe] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia]
* James Monroe member of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party Democrat-Republican Party]
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== James Monroe ==
5th U.S. President
"When we view the blessings with which our country has been favored, those which we now enjoy, and the means which we possess of handing them down unimpaired to our latest posterity, our attention is irresistibly drawn to the source from whence they flow. Let us then, unite in offering our most grateful acknowledgments for these blessings to the Divine Author of All Good."
--''Monroe made this statement in his 2nd Annual Message to Congress, November 16, 1818.'' William J. Federer, Treasury Of Presidential Quotations, Amerisearch, Inc., Jan 1, 2004 [http://books.google.com/books?id=ViUb1DLpnS4C&pg=PA48&dq=%22view+the+blessings+with+which+our+country%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bYJPUYzaMsWzywG8_YCoBQ&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22view%20the%20blessings%20with%20which%20our%20country%22&f=false GoogleBook]
=== Biography ===James Monroe[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe James Monroe on Wikipedia] was the fifth President of the United States. He served as president from 1817 to 1825. His Vice President throughout his time in office was [[Tompkins-551|Daniel D. Tomkins]]. President Monroe is considered the '''last president of the Founding Fathers''' of the United States. Monroe is most noted for his foreign policy proclamation the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine]. An active [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:WikiTree_Genealogy_Guide_US_Presidents&public=1#Freemasonry freemason] he comes from deep Scottish roots with a line of his family descended from the clan of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Munro,_14th_Baron_of_Foulis Munro].The initial source of this timeline is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe Wikipedia page on James Monroe]. Each item has been confirmed with at least one other source. (see external links)
;'''1758 April 28''' Born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Hall,_Virginia Monroe Hall],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmoreland_County,_Virginia Westmoreland County, Virginia] member of the Planter Class The planter class was basically rich white plantation (and slave) owners..
;'''1774''': Briefly attended the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:College_of_William_and_Mary%2C_Williamsburg%2C_Virginia College of William and Mary] but left school early as political tensions with England increased.
;'''1776''': Commissioned as a lieutenant in the Continental Army he participated in battles in New York and New Jersey, wintering with George Washington at Valley Forge.
;'''1776 December 25''': James Monroe is seriously wounded during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trenton Battle of Trenton] between General George Washington's Americans against the Hessians and British troops led by Colonel Rahl.
;'''1780''' (age 24): Monroe leaves the army as a colonel to study law at William and Mary and in Richmond under [[jefferson-1|Thomas Jefferson]], who becames a lifelong friend, a political mentor, and a neighbor.
☆ James Monroe Political Career Begins ☆
;'''1783 November 3''': Delegate to the [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:WikiTree_Genealogy_Guide:_Founding_Fathers Congress of the Confederation] from Virginia till November 7, 1786
;'''1786 February 16''': James Monroe marries [[Kortright-88|Elizabeth Kortright]], daughter of Laurence Kortright and Hannah Aspinwall Kortright,in New York City. He had met her while serving with the Continental Congress, which then met in [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/nyc.html New York, the temporary national capital].
;'''1787 December 5''':First child of James and Elizabeth, [[Monroe-466|Eliza Monroe]] born in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
;'''1790 November 9''': United States [[:Category: US Senators from Virginia|Senator from Virginia]] till March 29, 1794
;'''1794 May 28''': [[:Category:US Ambassadors to France|United States Minister to France]] till September 9, 1796.
;'''1799 December 19''': 12th [[:Category: Virginia Governors|Governor of Virginia]] till December 1, 1802
;'''1799 May''': James, the only son of James and Elizabeth, is born in Richmond, Virginia. Son James only lives a short time and dies in 1801
;'''1803 April 18''': United States Minister to the United Kingdom till – February 26, 1808. He rises to national prominence, as a signer and negotiator of The [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Louisiana_Purchase Louisiana Purchase].
;'''1803 May 20''': Third child of James and Elizabeth, [[Monroe-468|Maria Hester Monroe]] Born in Paris, France
;'''1811 January 16''': Elected to a second term as the 16th [[:Category: Virginia Governors|Governor of Virginia]] until appointed as Secretary of State
;'''1811 April 2''': 7th United States [[:category:US Secretaries of State|Secretary of State]] – Appointed by President James Madison.
;'''1814 September 27''': 8th United States [[:category:US Secretaries of War|Secretary of War]]
☆ James Monroe Presidency Begins ☆
;'''1817 March 4''' (age 59): James Monroe elected as 5th president of the united states as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party Democratic-Republican][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party]. He selects [[Tompkins-551|Daniel Tompkins]] as his [[:category:US Vice Presidents|Vice President]].
;'''1823 December 2''': James Monroe [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine Monroe Doctrine] states a new foreign policy for the United States during his 7th Annual address. The Monroe Doctrine was largely written by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. It is one of the most important policy documents of our time and has been cited by numerous presidents..
☆ James Monroe Retires ☆
;'''1825 March 4''': James Monroe retires from public office and returns to Ash Lawn
;'''1831 July 4''': Died [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=724] (age 73), New York City, New York Resting place, [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Hollywood_Cemetery%2C_Richmond%2C_Virginia ✞ Hollywood Cemetery], Richmond, Virginia
== Legacy ==*Seventeen US counties have named counties in President Monroe's honor. They are: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
== Sources ==
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Events
| Birth | 28 Apr 1758 | Monroe's Creek, Westmoreland County, Colonial Virginia, | |||
| Birth | 28 Apr 1758 | Monroe's Creek, Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia | |||
| Death | 4 Jul 1831 | New York City, New York, USA | |||
| Alt name | President James Monroe | ||||
| Title (Nobility) | President | ||||
| Reference No | 48628 | ||||
| Reference No | 57228 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Father | Spence Monroe (1727 - 1774) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Jones (1730 - 1774) |
| Father | Col. Andrew "Spence" Monroe (1727 - 1774) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Jones (1730 - 1774) |