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James Monroe was the last of the so-called Virginia Dynasty of presidents. Like James Madison, Monroe was secretary of state before becoming president. A spirit of vigorous nationalism known as the ...

The room where President James Monroe crafted part of his famed doctrine ... scratched his name and the date of his graduation from the Virginia Military Institute. Gayle DeLashmutt’s daughter ...

Born: April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County, Virginia... Monroe, a charming man admired for his honesty, presided over two decisions that presaged the rest of 19th century American history ...