James
MONROE
(b.
28 April 1758
,
Crown Colony of Virginia
d.
4 July 1831
,
Manhattan, New York, USA
)
Cause of Death: heart failure and tuberculosis
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James MONROE was born 28 April 1758 in Crown Colony of Virginia. James MONROE was the child of ? and ?
James MONROE died 4 July 1831 in Manhattan, New York, USA .
Occupation: President of the United States
born at Westmoreland County, Virginia
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America - Did you know? President and Mrs. Benjamin Harrison were so afraid of the electric lights that had been newly...Read MORE...The World Almanac of the U.S.A, by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, 1996
The state of Virginia was named after England's Queen Elizabeth I. In the early 1600's, all of North America that was not Spanish or French was then called 'Virginia' in honor of 'The Virgin Queen,' and the earliest English colonial expeditions were sent by the Virginia Company of London. (statesymbolsusa.org)Prior to 1788 - Crown Colony of Virginia
June 25, 1788 - Virginia becomes 10th U.S. state
- Bio
JAMES MONROE, the fifth President of the United States, was born in Westmoreland County, Va., April 28, 1758. His early life was passed at the place of his nativity. His ancestors had for many years resided in the province in which he was born. When he was seventeen years old, and in process of completing his education at William and Mary College, the Colonial Congress, assembled at Philadelphia to deliberate upon the unjust and manifold...Read MORE...
Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894 
1758 Birth
28 April 1758
, Virginia, USA
Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894- 1817 - March 4 - James Monroe (1758-1831) becomes 5th President of the United States
Elected president in 1816 over the Federalist Rufus King, and reelected without opposition in 1820, Monroe, the last of the Virginia dynasty, pursued the course of systematic tranquilization that won for his administrations the name “the era of good feeling.” He continued Madison's surrender to the Hamiltonian domestic program, signed the Missouri Compromise, acquired Florida, and with the able assistance of his secretary of state, John Quincy...Read MORE...
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March 4, 1817 
Grave
New York City Marble Cemetery * Manhattan New York County (Manhattan) New York, USA Plot: Vault 147 *Former burial location
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1831 Death
4 July 1831
Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)
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