President Monroe

Governor Cass's choice of President Monroe as the namesake for his new county was more than merely a political ploy.

All six were taken over for Naval service during World War II, and only two were returned to peacetime service (President Monroe and President Polk).

the African republic of Liberia settled under President Monroe, with ex-slaves who had become a social problem in the 1840s.

(Some accounts say the purchase was made through intimidation and threats.) The colony's name was taken from the Latin phrase for "land of the free," and its capital, Monrovia, was named after President Monroe. Hundreds of well-wishers came to see off the ship Elizabeth on January 31, 1820, as it left New York with Liberia's first 86 black colonists and three white agents from the society.

President Monroe and Secretary Adams proposed this policy, but it would have to be left to others--especially James Polk--to enforce it.

Similarly, when Andrew Jackson, in pursuit of marauding Seminole Indians who had taken refuge beyond the border, took possession of Spanish forts in Florida, President Monroe emphatically disowned him: not even the President could lawfully commit an act of war against a foreign state.

The treaty made by President Monroe with Spain for purchase of Florida was actually completed in 1819.

A ce sujet le lecteur ne manquera pas de remarquer combien Stendhal etait genereux (ou vaniteux selon l'interpretation); en effet les listes d'amis et connaissances a qui il faisait envoyer des exemplaires gratis sont tres longues (on y remarque meme les noms de George Washington et du President Monroe).

The Jacksonian press published unsigned reports that General Jackson had been forced to defend New Orleans without adequate supplies due to President Monroe's negligence.

On December 2, 1823, President Monroe therefore announced what eventually came to be known as the Monroe Doctrine.

Latrobe's son, John H[azelhurst] B[oneval] Latrobe (1803-1891), a lawyer, artist, historian, and biographer, took a deep interest in the establishment of Liberia and suggested Monrovia as the name of the capital, by way of paying a compliment to President Monroe. He wrote The History of Mason and Dixon's Line (1855), Personal Recollections (1858), Maryland in Liberia (1885), and Recollections of West Point (1887).