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Education -
William and Mary College
James Monroe
Career - Soldier, Politician, Statesman
Member of Continental Congress, 1783-86
United States Senator, 1790-94
Minister to France, 1794-96
Governor of Virginia, 1799-1802
Minister to France and England, 1803-07
Secretary of State, 1811-17 (under Madison)
Secretary of War, 1814-15 (under Madison)
Place of Death of James Monroe -
July 4, 1831 in New York
Next President:
President John Quincy Adams Major events in the
biography of President James Monroe
5 states admitted - First Seminole War (1817-18)
- Monroe Doctrine
Facts and History in the biography of President James Monroe
He served in the army during the first years of the Revolution and was wounded at Trenton. He then entered politics. In 1794, he was appointed minister to
France and had great empathy with the cause of the French
Revolution. His strong views on this subject were disapproved of
and he was recalled from France in 1796 but later returned in 1803 to help
to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase. He was elected president in 1816
and ran unopposed for his second term (1820).
He is best remembered for the Monroe Doctrine in 1823 which
declared against foreign colonization or intervention in the Americas. He died in New York City on July 4, 1831, the third president to die on the anniversary of
Independence (John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died five years before.)
Presidential Facts and Trivia in response to the question who was President James Monroe
President Coin or President Dollar Bill
The United States has placed likenesses of the Presidents on many types of coins and currency.
Abraham Lincoln appeared on the 100 dollar bill from 1869 until
1880. He was replaced by James Monroe in 1891 and then Benjamin Franklin from 1928 until the
1969 when bills over $100 were discontinued and removed from circulation.
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