After serving as Virginia's governor, Monroe served as ambassador to Great Britain and special envoy to France -- where he negotiated the Louisiana Purchase -- under Thomas Jefferson. Under James Madison's presidency, Monroe served as both Secretary of State and Secretary of War.
Om 1816, he was elected to the first of two terms as president of the United States. His presidency is sometimes referred to as the Era of Good Feelings due to a sense of national purpose and unity following the War of 1812.
"Like the wind, sometimes quietly and sometimes boldly, [Monroe] was always making his presence known" in the early history of this country," G. William Thomas said. After reading the last two entries I fully agree with that statement. This man did a bit of everything in our early history.
--Brock-Perry
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