PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE

5th President of the United States (March 4, 1817 to March 3, 1825) Nicknames: "The Last Cocked Hat"; "Era-of-Good-Feeling President" Born: April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County, Virginia Died: July 4, 1831, in New York, New York Father: Spence Monroe Mother: Elizabeth Jones Monroe Married: Elizabeth "Eliza" Kortright (1768-1830), on February 16, 1786 Children: Eliza Kortright Monroe (1786-1835); James Spence Monroe (1799-1800); Maria Hester Monroe (1803-50) Religion: Episcopalian Education: Graduated from College of William and Mary (1776) Occupation: Lawyer Political Party: Democratic-Republican Other Government Positions: 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) Presidential Salary: $25,000/year Points of Interest: Monroe was the first president to ride on a steamboat. At sixteen years old, Monroe attended the college of William and Mary. He was the first president to have been a U.S. senator. In the election of 1820 Monroe received every electoral vote except one. A New Hampshire delegate wanted Washington to be the only president elected unanimously. Monroe's inauguration in 1817 was the first to be held outdoors. The bride in the first White House wedding was Monroe's daughter. The U.S. Marine Band played at Monroe's 1821 inauguration and at every inauguration since.

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