Today marks the 251st birthday of our 5th president, James Monroe. President Monroe served from 1817 to 1825 and was known as the “Era-of-Good-Feelings President." His views on foreign policy would come to be known as the Monroe Doctrine and would be a long-standing policy held by the American government. He died on July 4, 1851--one of three presidents to die on Independence Day. To learn more, click on these links:
White House: Biography of James Monroe
Monroe Doctrine: Primary Documents of American History
(Library of Congress)
Sonnet Erin Brown
Federal Documents Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research/Political Science
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