Education:
Graduated from College of William and Mary
(1776)
Occupation:
Lawyer
Religion:
Episcopalian
Wife:
Elizabeth "Eliza" Kortright (1768-1830), on
February 16, 1786
Children:
Eliza Kortright Monroe (1786-1835);
James Spence Monroe (1799-1800);
Maria Hester Monroe (1803-50)
Father:
Spence Monroe
Mother:
Elizabeth Jones Monroe
Years in
office:
(March 4, 1817 to March 3, 1825)
Born:
April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County,
Virginia
Died:
July
4, 1831, in New York, New York
Age at
death:
73
Elected
from:
Virginia
Political
Party:
Democratic-Republican
Other
Government Positions:
Member of Continental Congress,
1783-86
United States Senator, 1790-94
Minister to France, 1794-96
Governor of Virginia, 1799-1802
Minister to France and England, 1803-07
Secretary of State, 1811-17 (under Madison)
Secretary of War, 1814-15
(under Madison)
Presidential
Salary:
$25,000/year
Vice
President:
John Quincy Adams (1817-25)
Secretary of
State:
John Quincy Adams (1817-25)
Secretary of the
Treasury:
William H. Crawford (1817-25)
Secretary of
War:
John C. Calhoun (1817-25)
Attorney
General:
Richard Rush (1817)
William Wirt (1817-25)
Secretary of the
Navy:
Benjamin W. Crowninshield (1817-18)
Smith Thompson
(1819-23)
Samuel L. Southard (1823-25)
Links /
Resources:
The White
House