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The Writings of James Monroe, 7 vol. (1898–1903, reprinted 1969), collects public and private papers and correspondence. Stuart Gerry Brown (ed.), The Autobiography of James Monroe (1959), contains two long fragments of Monroe’s unfinished autobiography printed in their entirety. W.P. Cresson, James Monroe (1946, reprinted 1986), an extended study, well documented and clear; and Harry Ammon, James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity (1971, reissued 1990), are biographies. Specialized studies of Monroe include Beverley W. Bond, Jr., The Monroe Mission to France, 1794–1796 (1907), a concise and scholarly work; two essays in Samuel Flagg Bemis (ed.), The American Secretaries of State and Their Diplomacy: Julius W. Pratt, “James Monroe,” vol. 3 (1927, reprinted 1963), on his career as secretary of state, and Dexter Perkins, “John Quincy Adams,” vol. 4 (1928, reprinted 1963), treating Monroe in a study of Adams’s secretariat; Arthur Styron, The Last of the Cocked Hats: James Monroe & the Virginia Dynasty (1945), an approach that emphasizes the social and cultural background; George Dangerfield, The Era of Good Feelings (1952, reprinted 1980), with a large part devoted to Monroe’s administration; Lucius Wilmerding, James Monroe, Public Claimant (1960), a brief study of Monroe’s attempts after his retirement from the presidency to establish pecuniary claims against the United States and defend his management of public money; and Noble E. Cunningham, Jr., The Presidency of James Monroe (1996), discussing all aspects of his presidency. Harry Ammon (compiler), James Monroe (1991), is an annotated bibliography.
Monroe’s wife, Elizabeth Kortright Monroe, is the subject of an essay in Meade Minnigerode, Some American Ladies: Seven Informal Biographies (1926, reissued 1969).
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Article History
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| Invalidated site: National Archives Foundation - James Monroe: The Last Founding President. | Nov 09, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: official Site of James Monroe's Highland. | Oct 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Archives Foundation - James Monroe: The Last Founding President. | Aug 17, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jun 30, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Apr 24, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: White House Historical Association - James Monroe. | Aug 23, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Heritage History - James Monroe. | Jun 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - James Monroe. | Mar 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The American Presidency Project - James Monroe Event Timeline. | Feb 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Potters Wax Museum - James Monroe. | Oct 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University - James Monroe. | Sep 18, 2024 | ||
| Add an interactive timeline of the Monroe presidency. | Jul 30, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 27, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: official Site of James Monroe's Highland. | Jan 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Libertarianism.org - Everything Wrong with the Monroe Administration. | Oct 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: American History Central - Biography of James Monroe, Fifth President of the United States. | Sep 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - James Monroe (1817-1825). | Feb 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Thomas Jefferson's Monticello - James Monroe. | Nov 25, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - James Monroe. | Sep 12, 2022 | ||
| Removed cross-reference and tables. | Apr 17, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 23, 2020 | ||
| Added video. | Oct 12, 2018 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Sep 26, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mr.Nussbaum - James Monroe � America�s 5th President. | Dec 16, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - Biography of James Monroe. | Dec 16, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Famous People - Biography of James Monroe. | Jun 28, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Miller Center - Biography of James Monroe. | Jun 28, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: America's Story from America's Library - Biography of James Monroe. | Apr 11, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Studies for Kids - Biography of James Monroe. | Apr 11, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: USA 4 Kids - Biography of James Monroe. | Apr 11, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Maps of World - Biography of James Monroe the 5th President of US. | Apr 11, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pennsylvania Center for the Book - Biography of James Monroe. | Apr 11, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: U.S. Department of State - Office of the Historian - Biography of James Monroe. | Apr 10, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: The White House - Biography of James Monroe. | Jan 29, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Biography of James Monroe. | Jan 29, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Biography of James Monroe. | Jan 29, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History - Biography of James Monroe. | Jan 29, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - James Monroe. | Jan 29, 2013 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 23, 2012 | ||
| Added timeline. | Apr 15, 2011 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 04, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Spectrum Biographies - Biography of James Monroe. | Feb 20, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Official Site of The James Monroe Memorial Foundation. | Jan 26, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The College of William and Mary - James Monroe's Ash Lawn-Highland. | Jan 26, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The College of William and Mary - James Monroe's Ash Lawn-Highland. | Jan 26, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Official Site of The James Monroe Memorial Foundation. | Jan 26, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of Mary Washington - The James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library. | Jan 26, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of Mary Washington - The James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library. | Jan 26, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The White House - Biography of James Monroe. | Nov 03, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Independence Hall Association - Valley Forge - James Monroe. | Aug 02, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: AmericanPresident.org - James Monroe - A Life in Brief. | Jun 21, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 29, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 11, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Aug 30, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Nov 22, 2000 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 24, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 28, 1999 |