James Monroe
Date Submitted: 11/23/2004 01:54:10
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 2 pages (614 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 2 pages (614 words)
James Monroe On New Year's Day, 1825, at the last of his annual White House receptions, President James Monroe made a pleasing impression upon a Virginia lady who shook his hand: "He is tall and well formed. His dress plain and in the old style.... His manner was quiet and dignified. From the frank, honest expression of his eye ... I think he well deserves the encomium passed upon him by the great Jefferson, who said, 'Monroe …
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…must not encroach southward on the Pacific coast. ". . . the American continents," he stated, "by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European Power." Some 20 years after Monroe died in 1831, this became known as the Monroe Doctrine. Fifth President1817-1825 Born: April 28th, 1758 in Westmoreland County, Virginia Died: July 4, 1831 in New York, New York Married to Elizabeth Kortright Monroe
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