Here is some trivia about James Monroe:

He preferred to be addressed as “Colonel Monroe” throughout his career – even as President!

He continued to dress in the style of the Revolutionary War era because he wanted people to remember the importance of that conflict.

His daughter Maria was the first presidential daughter to be married in the White House, on March 9, 1820. Celebrations were dampened, however, when Commodore Stephen Decatur was murdered in a duel at one of the balls held in honor of the wedding!

He affectionately called his elder daughter Eliza, “the little monkey.”

No one ran against Monroe for the presidency in 1820.

The capital of Liberia, Monrovia, was named for him. It is the only non-U.S. capital city to be named after a U.S. president.

Monroe initially voted against ratifying the U.S. Constitution – because he felt it needed a Bill of Rights.

Illinois, Alabama, Maine, Missouri and Mississippi were admitted to the union during Monroe’s presidency.

Monroe is featured in the famous painting “Washington Crossing the Delaware.” He is the man behind Washington holding the flag.

Monroe died on the Fourth of July, 1831. He was the third president to die on the Fourth – Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on July 4, 1826.

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