As president of Virginia's constitutional convention in the fall of 1829, Monroe reiterated his belief that slavery was a blight which, even as a British colony, Virginia had attempted to eradicate.

McClelland became a member of the Michigan bar and established a successful law practice in Monroe, and he was a member of the constitutional convention in 1835.

A semi-autobiographical work, it arouses controversy over his portrayal of late ex-wife Marilyn Monroe.

) He became specially prominent in the controversy with United Kingdom concerning the boundary dispute between the British and Venezuelan governments, and in his correspondence with Lord Salisbury gave the Olney interpretation, an extended interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine which went considerably beyond previous statements on the subject.

In 1975, he created a public controversy by refusing to sign the landmarking act of Palácio Monroe, the former seat of the Brazilian Senate, built in 1906.

The production came to a halt when Cukor had filmed every scene not involving Monroe and the actress remained unavailable.

The war went very badly, and when the British burned the capitol building on August 24, 1814, Madison removed John Armstrong as Secretary of War and turned to Monroe for help, appointing him Secretary of War on September 27.

Monroe stayed on at State until March 4, 1817, when he began his term as the new President of the United States.

Adams cut the visit short when he thought he was tiring Monroe.

Monroe was raised in a family that belonged to the Church of England when it was the state church in Virginia before the Revolution.

#* Monroe was raised in a family that belonged to the Church of England when it was the state church in Virginia, and as an adult attended Episcopal churches.

The city was founded in 1833 on the west bank of the Maumee River, originally incorporated as part of Monroe County, Michigan Territory, then re-founded in 1837, after conclusion of the Toledo War, when it was incorporated in Ohio.

Monroe County, Michigan Deputy Sheriff Joseph Wood went into Toledo to arrest Major Benjamin Stickney, but when Stickney and his three sons resisted, the whole family was subdued and taken into custody.

In 1992, he was assigned to Fort Monroe, Virginia as the first Director, Louisiana Maneuvers Task Force, Office of Chief of Staff of the Army, a position held until 1994 when he was reassigned to South Korea as the CJG3 of Combined Forces Command and U. S. Forces Korea.

Levy's heirs argued over his estate, but their lawsuits were settled in 1879, when Uriah Levy's nephew, Jefferson Monroe Levy, a prominent New York lawyer, real estate and stock speculator and member of Congress, bought out the other heirs for $ 10, 050, and took control of the property.

The national bank was in general disrepute among most Americans when Nicholas Biddle, the third and last president of the Bank, was appointed by President James Monroe in 1823.

The British at first rebuffed the United States government's suggestion of arbitration, but when President Grover Cleveland threatened to intervene according to the Monroe Doctrine, Britain agreed to let an international tribunal arbitrate the boundary in 1897.

Exactly when the word bluegrass itself was adopted to label this form is not certain, but is believed to be in the late 1950s, and was derived from the name of the seminal Blue Grass Boys band, formed in 1939 with Bill Monroe as its leader.

Although other musicians had played in three-finger style before him, Scruggs shot to prominence when he was hired by Bill Monroe to fill the banjo slot in his group, the Blue Grass Boys.

Even earlier, in The Seven Year Itch, the film is referenced when Tom Ewell and Marilyn Monroe come out of a theatre showing Creature from the Black Lagoon.

During his appearance at the Jules Verne Festival in France ( 2008 ), Curtis revealed on the set of Laurent Ruquier's TV show that he and Monroe were lovers in the late 1940s when they were first struggling for recognition in films.

The conference did not sponsor football until 2001, when the league added former Big West Conference members New Mexico State and North Texas and then-independent Middle Tennessee State as full members and added independent Louisiana – Monroe and Big West member Idaho as " football only " members.

In 2006, Louisiana – Monroe joined the conference as a member in all sports when it left the Southland Conference, and Florida Atlantic joined the conference in all sports.

His first break came when he was offered -- on 2 weeks ' notice -- a chance against Willie ' the Worm ' Monroe, who was being trained by Joe Frazier.

Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to James Monroe, wrote that " it is impossible not to look forward to distant times when our rapid multiplication will expand itself beyond those limits, and cover the whole northern, if not the southern continent ".

Among recent Economic Development successes in Caroline have been the recruitment of the State Fair of Virginia ( previously in Richmond since 1854 when the first State Fair opened in Monroe Park ), Remuda Programs for Eating Disorders, The Virginia Sports Complex, the multi-national electrical contracting firm, M. C.

Its county seat is Woodsfield and is named for James Monroe, Secretary of State when the county was formed and later President of the United States.

Monroe County ’ s boundary remained unchanged from 1837 to 1973 when one final unresolved dispute from the Toledo War was resolved — 136 years after the conflict.

The most tornadoes from a single storm came on August 29, 1979, when four tornadoes touched down in and near Monroe.

Later, browsing in an old issue of the Gazette Des Beaux-Arts, she found a description of a handsome gilt pier-table purchased in 1817 by President James Monroe.

Adams served as Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President James Monroe from 1817 until 1825.

James Monroe ( April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831 ) was the fifth President of the United States ( 1817 – 1825 ).

Monroe believed that the Indians must progress from the hunting stage to become an agricultural people, noting in 1817, " A hunter or savage state requires a greater extent of territory to sustain it than is compatible with progress and just claims of civilised life.

* James Monroe ( 1758-1831 ), fifth President of the United States, in office from 1817 to 1825

Reconstruction began almost immediately, and President James Monroe moved into the partially reconstructed house in October 1817.

James Monroe, the sitting U. S President since 1817, was re-elected in 1820, virtually unopposed.

In 1817, President James Monroe appointed Calhoun Secretary of War, where he served until 1825.

It was named for James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States, who served from 1817 to 1825.

Tompkins was elected Vice President on the ticket with James Monroe in 1816, and was reelected in 1820, serving from March 4, 1817, to March 4, 1825.

Monroe County was established as the second county ( after Wayne County ) in the Michigan Territory in 1817 and was named for then-President James Monroe.

Monroe County was formed from the southern portion of Wayne County in 1817.

The settlement also incorporated as a village in 1817 and became the county seat of Monroe County.

Settled as early as 1784, Monroe was platted in 1817 and was named after then-President James Monroe.

The area of Frenchtown was renamed and incorporated as the village of Monroe in honor of President James Monroe, who visited the Michigan Territory in 1817.

James Monroe served from 1817 to 1825, and some believe Monroe was named for a local family ).

On August 25, 1817 President James Monroe visited Worthington.

By 1817, Latrobe had provided President James Monroe with complete drawings for the entire building.

* March 4, 1817: James Monroe became President of the United States