USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father as well as the last president of the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation; his presidency coincided with the Era of Good Feelings, concluding the First Party System era of American politics.

Detailed explanation-2: -James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States (1817–1825) and the last President from the Founding Fathers.

Detailed explanation-3: -James Monroe was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and the last United States President to have served in any leadership role in the American Revolution. Born to a prosperous Virginian family, Monroe grew up on a plantation where his family owned slaves known as a Monroe Hall.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1816 Monroe was elected president of the United States as the Republican candidate, defeating Rufus King, the Federalist candidate; Monroe received 183 electoral votes and King 34. By 1820, when he was reelected, receiving all the electoral votes but one, the Federalists had ceased to function as a party.

Detailed explanation-5: -Monroe’s greatest achievement as a diplomat was his negotiation of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Elected President of the United States in 1816 and in 1820, James Monroe resolved long-standing grievances with the British, acquired Florida from Spain in 1819, and proclaimed the “Monroe Doctrine” in 1823.