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James Monroe

1758 - 1831

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James Monroe ( mən-ROH; April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was an American Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. He was the last Founding Father to serve as president as well as the last president of the Virginia dynasty. Monroe was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, and his presidency coincided with the Era of Good Feelings, concluding the First Party System era of American politics. He issued the Monroe Doctrine, a policy of limiting European colonialism in the Americas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Monroe is the 653rd most popular politician (down from 513th in 2019), the 207th most popular biography from United States (down from 156th in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Politician.

James Monroe is most famous for being the fifth president of the United States. He was also a diplomat, soldier, and Secretary of State.

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Among politicians, James Monroe ranks 653 out of 19,576. Before him are Imre Nagy, Robert Schuman, Faisal I of Iraq, Olaf Scholz, Abdülaziz, and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. After him are Hatice Sultan, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Michael VIII Palaiologos, Theodosius II, Anastasios II, and Emperor Wu of Han.

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Among people born in 1758, James Monroe ranks 5. Before him are Maximilien Robespierre, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, and Noah Webster. After him are André Masséna, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Emperor Go-Momozono, Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, Kamehameha I, Franz Joseph Gall, and Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco. Among people deceased in 1831, James Monroe ranks 3. Before him are Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, and Carl von Clausewitz. After him are Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, Sophie Germain, Napoléon Louis Bonaparte, Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, Ioannis Kapodistrias, Emilia Plater, Achim von Arnim, and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Monroe ranks 207 out of 20,380. Before him are Ed Asner (1929), Herbert Hoover (1874), Henry Fonda (1905), Noah Webster (1758), Denzel Washington (1954), and Francis Ford Coppola (1939). After him are Robert Redford (1936), Pearl S. Buck (1892), Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. (1915), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (1954), Mariah Carey (1969), and Jon Voight (1938).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, James Monroe ranks 38. Before him are John Adams (1735), Daniel D. Tompkins (1774), William R. King (1786), Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888), John Nance Garner (1868), and Herbert Hoover (1874). After him are Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (1954), Grover Cleveland (1837), James Madison (1751), Sitting Bull (1831), Geronimo (1829), and John Quincy Adams (1767).

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