James Monroe
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5th President of the United States | |
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March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1825 | |
Vice President(s) | Daniel D. Tompkins |
Came after | James Madison |
Came before | John Quincy Adams |
Born | April 28, 1758 Westmoreland County, Virginia |
Died | July 4, 1831 New York City |
Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Married to | Elizabeth Kortright Monroe |
James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was the fifth President of the United States. He was the president from 1817 to 1825. He wrote the Monroe Doctrine which was a document that said that the United States would not be involved in what other countries were doing. Monroe was a father of the Constitution. Monroe was the last president to have fought in the Revolutionary War.
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