BRIDGET'S GUIDE TO THE GREAT, NOT-S0-GREAT AND DOWNRIGHT ABOMINABLE AMERICAN PRESIDENTS

5) JAMES MONROE

President from 1816-1825

Last of the Founding Fathers to serve as President.

Author of the Monroe Doctrine which proclaimed that America should be free from European colonization and free from European interference. It further said that America should stay in neutral in European wars.

When he ran for re-election in 1820 he had no opponent and received all electoral votes but one(New Hampshire was the holdout). His second term was known as the Era Of Good Feelings.

The city of Monrovia in Liberia was named after him. It was a destination for freed Ameican slaves. Of course, Monroe was an unrepentant slave owner who feared that if they were frred, laves would rise up against their oppressors so he went along with the decision to ship them back to Africa.

The White House was first painted white during Monroe's occupancy.

He bought Florida from Spain for $5 million.

Like Thomas Jefferson and John Adams before him, Monroe died on the fourth of July.