President James Monroe

Birth	28 APR 1758
Military			VA Army / Major / Revolutionary War 5th VA Regiment
History	1777		Valley Forge Encampment Major, USA
Education
Occup	1790-1794		US Senator from VA
Occup	1794-1796		USA Ambassador to France
Occup	1803-1807		USA Ambassador to United Kingdom
Election	1808		USA Presidential Election Runner up for presidential nominee
Reside	1811/1817
Occup	1811-1811		VA Governor
Occup	1811-1814		USA Secretary of State
Occup	1814-1815		USA Secretary of War,Defense
Election	1816		USA Presidential Election
Occup	1817-1825		USA President
Election	1820		USA Presidential Election
Org.	1829		Virginia Constitutional Convention, Virginia, Delegate
Death	4 JUL 1831
Grave

James Monroe was the fourth Virginian to become President, and it was logical that he would follow in the footsteps of his friends Jefferson and Madison. When we reach Monroe, however, we reach an individual about whose religion we know little. He was an Episcopalian and was baptized, married and buried within the Episcopal Church. There is little, however, to indicate his per oral religious sentiments. A paper in the archives of St. John's Church, Lafayette Square, noted that President Monroe "agreed with Jefferson that religion is a matter between our Maker and ourselves." Monroe attended the College of William and Mary, served in the Virginia legislature, was governor of Virginia and was also minister to France and England, as well as Secretary... Read More