THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
JAMES MADISON AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
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James Monroe
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Detailed explanation-1: -With the support of Madison and former President Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State Monroe defeated Secretary of War William H. Crawford to win his party’s presidential nomination.
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: -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-4: -James Monroe’s campaign slogan was “Munroe” (a misspelling of his name) and his campaign song was “Monroe is the Man” in 1816. Monroe faced Rufus King, the last Federalist candidate to run for president in the election of 1816.