Of all the founding fathers of this nation, probably the least known and least understood is James Monroe, the fourth in the early line of Virginia-born United States presidents behind Washington, ...

James Monroe, the fifth president (1817-25), is most remembered for the Doctrine bearing his name and promulgated in his second term. The Monroe Doctrine laid the lines of America’s hemispheric and ...

James Monroe by Samuel Morse. In late July 1800, Gov. James Monroe learned of a yellow fever outbreak in Fredericksburg, Va. Local officials were able to trace the source of the virus to Norfolk, a ...