05 - James Monroe

James Monroe 5. President
Born	Westmoreland County, Virginia April 28. 1758	More Presidents
Ancestry	Scottish	More Presidents
Married to	Elisabeth Kortright Born: New York City, New York June 30. 1768 Died: Oak Hill, Loudon County, Virginia September 23. 1830 Married: New York City, New York February 16.1786	Elisabeth Monroe
Children	Eliza (1787 - 1835?) Maria Hester (1804 - 1850)	-Tho not brilliant, few men were Monroe's equals in wisdom, firmness and devotion to the country. He had a wonderful intellectual patience; and could above all men, that I ever knew, when called on to decide an important point, hold the subject immovably fixed under his attention, until he had mastered it in all its relations. -John C. Calhoun, 1831 -Americans have the right and advantage of being armed--unlike citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." -James Monroe - It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood. -James Monroe
Home	Ash Lawn, Charlottesville, Virginia Oak Hill, Loudon County, Virginia
Education	Attended College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia (1774 - 1775)
Religion	Episcopalian
Occupations	Lawyer and writer
Prepresidental offices	Representative to the Virginia Legislature (1782 - 1783) Representative to the Continental Congress (1783 - 1786) Representative to the Virginia Assembly (1786 - 1787 and 1810 - 1811) Senator (1790 - 1794) Minister to France (1794 - 1796) Minister to England (1803 - 1807) Guvernor of Virginia (1799 - 1802 and 1811) Secretary of War (1814 - 1815) Secretary of State (1811 - 1814 and 1815 - 1817)
Military Service	Rose from lieutenant to major, Third Virginia regiment and Continental Army (1775 - 1779) Military Commissioner for Virginia Army (1780 - 1782)
Political party	Democratic - Republican
Inaugurated as president	First term: March 4.1817 The Capitol, Washington DC Second term: March 5. 1821 House of Representatives, Washington DC
Age at inauguration	58 and 62
Died	New York City, New York July 4. 1831 Age 73
Book by James Monroe	A View of the Conduct of the Executive in the Foreign Affairs of the United States (1797)
In his message to the Congress on December 2, 1823, Monroe delivered what has been known as the Monroe Doctrine. Essentially, the United States was informing the powers of the Old World that the American continents were no longer open to European colonization, and that any effort to extend European political influence into the New World would be considered by the United States "as dangerous to our peace and safety." In return the United States would not interfere in European wars or internal affairs, and expected Europe to stay out of American affairs.