James Monroe
President of the United States (1817-1825)
Born: 04/28/1758 (Westmoreland County, VA)
Died: 07/04/1831 (New York, NY)
Political Party:
Democratic-Republican
Demographics:
Male; Caucasian; Episcopalian
Profession:
Politician, Lawyer, Military
Military Service:
American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
Military Appointments:
Continental Army, Major (1776 - 1779);
State Militia, VA, Colonel (1780)
Military Details:
2d Lieutenant 3d Virginia, 28th September, 1775; 1st Lieutenant, , 1776; wounded at Trenton, 26th December, 1776; Major and Aide-de-Camp to General Alexander (Lord Stirling), 20th November, 1777; resigned 20th December, 1778.
Political Positions:
State House, VA (1782);
Continental Congress, Delegate, VA (1783 - 1786);
State House, VA (1786);
U.S. Senate (1790 - 1794);
U.S. Minister, France (1794 - 1796);
Governor, VA (1799 - 1802);
U.S. Minister, Great Britain (1803 - 1807);
State House, VA (1810 - 1811);
U.S. Secretary of State (1811 - 1814);
Governor, VA (1811);
U.S. Secretary of War (1814 - 1815);
U.S. Secretary of State (1815 - 1817);
President of the United States (1817 - 1825);
Constitutional Convention, Delegate, VA (1829)
Groups/Organizations:
Freemasons
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