James Monroe
Fifth President of the United States
1817-1825
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Date of birth: April 28, 1758
Place of birth: Westmoreland County, Virginia
Date of death: July 4, 1831
Place of death: New York, New York
Party: Democratic-Republican
Wife: Elizabeth Kortright

During his presidency, James Monroe had

• Vice President Daniel D. Tompkins
  
• the Convention of 1818 fixing the boundary between the U.S. and Canada
  
• cancelled $5,000,000 in debts to spain in exchange for Florida
  
• proclaimed the monroe doctrine against Europe
  
• took care of the Missouri Compromise of 1820-1821