5th President James Monroe

1758 - 1831  (73 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	James Monroe
  Prefix	5th President
  Birth	28 Apr 1758	Monroe's Creek, Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Prominent People	1817
  US President
  Death	4 Jul 1831	New York, New York, USA
  Burial	Hollywood Cem., Virginia, USA
  Siblings	4 Siblings
  1. Elizabeth Monroe,   b. 1754   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ William Buckner + 2. 5th President James Monroe,   b. 28 Apr 1758, Monroe's Creek, Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA d. 4 Jul 1831, New York, New York, USA  (Age 73 years) ▻ Elizabeth Kortright,  m. 16 Feb 1786   3. Spence Monroe,   b. 1759   d. Yes, date unknown + 4. Andrew Monroe   d. 1836 ▻ Ann Bell   5. Joseph Jones Monroe,   b. 1764   d. 5 Aug 1824  (Age 60 years) ▻ Elizabeth Kerr;   Sarah Gordon;   Elizabeth Glasscock
  Person ID	I74812	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2001

  
  

  Father	Spence Monroe   d. 1774
  Mother	Elizabeth (Eliza) Jones   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F30409	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Kortright,   b. 30 Jun 1768, New York, New York, USA d. 23 Sep 1830, Oak Hill, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	16 Feb 1786	Kortright family home
  Subject: Monroe-Kortright Marriage Site Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 00:59:16 EDT From: Lmhankins@aol.com To: Weebers@t-online.de My dear friend, You indicate that James Monroe was married in the Trinity Episcopal Church in New York when, in fact, he and Ms Kortright were married in the Kortright family home. There have been three Trinity Episcopal Church buildings on the spot referred to, but unfortunately, none on the day Monroe was married! The original church building burned in 1776. The second church building was not begun until 1788, some twelve years later. In fact, the new President (G. Washington) who was Episcopalian attended St. Paul's Chapel following his inauguration (1789) because Trinity Episcopal was not completed. So, as you can see, there was no Trinity Episcopal Church building existing on February 16, 1786 when Monroe and Kortright were wed. I hope this is helpful. I am a presidential researcher and lecturer. Cordially, L. Milton Hankins, Th.D. Milt Hankins,
  Children	1. Eliza Kortright Monroe,   b. 5 Dec 1787, Fredericksburg, Stafford County, Virginia, USA d. 27 Jan 1840, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 52 years)   2. James Spence Monroe,   b. May 1799   d. 28 Sep 1800, Richmond, Virginia, USA (Age 1 year) + 3. Maria Hester Monroe,   b. 1803, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 1850, Oak Hill, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA (Age 47 years)
  Family ID	F30408	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2002

  
  

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  - US President No. 5 officer in Revolutionary War battles, member of the Continental Congress, U.S. Senator from Virginia, Minister to France & England, Secretary of State under Madison, drew up the Monroe Doctrine in 1823. Was elected in 1816 by 183 to 34 electoral votes over Rufus King. Reelected in 1820 by 231 to 1 electoral votes over John Quincy Adams, his successor. During both terms Daniel D. Tompkins served as vice-president. Was the first president to take the oath on a raised portico in front of the Capitol. The dissenter in the 1820 election thought only George Washington deserved to be unanimously elected. Was the third president to die on the Fourth of July. On New Year's Day, 1825, at the last of his annual White House receptions, President James Monroe made a pleasing impression upon a Virginia lady who shook his hand: "He is tall and well formed. His dress plain and in the old style.... His manner was quiet and dignified. From the frank, honest expression of his eye ... I think he well deserves the encomium passed upon him by the great Jefferson, who said, 'Monroe was so honest that if you turned his soul inside out there would not be a spot on it.' " Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in 1758, Monroe attended the College of William and Mary, fought with distinction in the Continental Army, and practiced law in Fredericksburg, Virginia. As a youthful politician, he joined the anti-Federalists in the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution, and in 1790, an advocate of Jeffersonian policies, was elected United States Senator. As Minister to France in 1794-1796, he displayed strong sympathies for the French cause; later, with Robert R. Livingston, he helped negotiate the Louisiana Purchase. His ambition and energy, together with the backing of President Madison, made him the Republican choice for the Presidency in 1816. With little Federalist opposition, he easily won re-election in 1820. Monroe made unusually strong Cabinet choices, naming a Southerner, John C. Calhoun, as Secretary of War, and a northerner, John Quincy Adams, as Secretary of State. Only Henry Clay's refusal kept Monroe from adding an outstanding Westerner. Early in his administration, Monroe undertook a goodwill tour. At Boston, his visit was hailed as the beginning of an "Era of Good Feelings." Unfortunately these "good feelings" did not endure, although Monroe, his popularity undiminished, followed nationalist policies. Across the facade of nationalism, ugly sectional cracks appeared. A painful economic depression undoubtedly increased the dismay of the people of the Missouri Territory in 1819 when their application for admission to the Union as a slave state failed. An amended bill for gradually eliminating slavery in Missouri precipitated two years of bitter debate in Congress. The Missouri Compromise bill resolved the struggle, pairing Missouri as a slave state with Maine, a free state, and barring slavery north and west of Missouri forever. In foreign affairs Monroe proclaimed the fundamental policy that bears his name, responding to the threat that the more conservative governments in Europe might try to aid Spain in winning back her former Latin American colonies. Monroe did not begin formally to recognize the young sister republics until 1822, after ascertaining that Congress would vote appropriations for diplomatic missions. He and Secretary of State John Quincy Adams wished to avoid trouble with Spain until it had ceded the Floridas, as was done in 1821. Great Britain, with its powerful navy, also opposed reconquest of Latin America and suggested that the United States join in proclaiming "hands off." Ex-Presidents Jefferson and Madison counseled Monroe to accept the offer, but Secretary Adams advised, "It would be more candid ... to avow our principles explicitly to Russia and France, than to come in as a cock-boat in the wake of the British man-of-war." Monroe accepted Adams's advice. Not only must Latin America be left alone, he warned, but also Russia must not encroach southward on the Pacific coast. ". . . the American continents," he stated, "by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European Power." Some 20 years after Monroe died in 1831, this became known as the Monroe Doctrine.