james monroe

     

He had previously been a U.S. senator, minister to France, England & Spain, Secretary of War, Secretary of State & Governor of Virginia

Trivia about james monroe

  • He's the only president to have held 2 different cabinet posts: Secretary of State & Secretary of War
  • While Secretary of State from 1811 to 1817, he might have been asked, "What's up, doctrine?"
  • Marilyn claimed to be a direct descendant of this U.S. president
  • He expressed his doctrine December 2, 1823; the rest is history
  • In 1823 he declared that the Americas were no longer "subjects for future colonization" by European powers
  • This 5th president died on the 4th of July in 1831 & is buried in Richmond
  • We presume this Virginian felt good about his nickname, "The Era-Of-Good-Feeling President"
  • In 1811 Virginia had 4 governors: John Tyler, George William Smith, Peyton Randolph & this fifth president
  • The first president who had been a U.S. senator, he represented Virginia from 1790 to 1794
  • This 5th president was the 1st to serve previously as a U.S. senator
  • This former governor of Virginia seen here was also our fifth U.S. president
  • In 1823 the U.S. lacked the military power to back up this president's "Doctrine"
  • He got "Doctrinaire" in "View of the Conduct of the Executive in the Foreign Affairs of the United States"
  • Before succeeding Madison as president, he was Madison's secretary of state
  • Democratic-Republican1817-1825
  • He was the first president to live in the White House after it was burned down & rebuilt
  • His tenure as president from 1817 to 1825 is often referred to as the "Era of Good Feeling"
  • On March 9, 1820 his daughter Maria became the first president's daughter married in the White House
  • In 1820 this president ran unopposed for reelection
  • In the presidential election of 1820, this man got 231 electoral votes & Adams got one
  • "James The Second"
  • Born in 1758, his first name means "One Who Supplants" & his surname means "From the Red River"
  • In 1823 he warned European powers to stay out of the hemisphere in what became known as his doctrine