| |  MONROE:
See also
George
A. Bangs —
George
Harvey Branch —
Thaddeus
Harold Brown —
William
James Calhoun —
Joseph
Mullin —
Charles
Henry Thompson —
Llewellyn
E. Thompson, Jr. |
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Monroe, A. —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Mayor
of Salem, Ore., 1873.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, A. J. —
of Monticello, Jones
County, Iowa.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1876.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | Monroe, Alex
S. See Alexander Simmons
Monroe |
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Monroe, Alexander Simmons (b.
1893) —
also known as Alex S. Monroe —
of Rockingham, Richmond
County, N.C.
Born in Troy, Montgomery
County, N.C., November
19, 1893.
Son of Calvin Spencer Monroe and Mary Simmons (Campbell) Monroe.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; textile
executive; member of North
Carolina state senate 18th District, 1959.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, Aline —
of Pond Creek, Grant
County, Okla.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1956.
Female.
Still living as of 1956.
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Monroe, Ark —
of Arkansas.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Arkansas, 2000.
Still living as of 2000.
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Monroe, Bradford H. —
of Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Guilford, 1946.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, C. D. —
of McLaughlin, Corson
County, S.Dak.
Member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 52nd District, 1935-36.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, Cecil —
of Hermann, Gasconade
County, Mo.
Democrat. Chair of
Gasconade County Democratic Party, 1967.
Still living as of 1967.
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Monroe, Charles J. —
of Michigan.
Republican. Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, Charles O. —
of South Haven, Van Buren
County, Mich.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, Claude E. —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
17th District, 1961.
Still living as of 1961.
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Monroe, Darius —
of Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1843.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, Ernest L. —
U.S. Vice Consul in Santiago de Cuba, 1924; Sherbrooke, 1926; Matanzas, 1927.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, Estelle —
of Pennsylvania.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 2000.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
|
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Monroe, F. N. —
of Howell, Livingston
County, Mich.
Member of Michigan Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1887.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, Frank A. —
of Louisiana.
Justice
of Louisiana state supreme court, 1899-1904; appointed 1899.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, George —
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1908.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, George E. —
of Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Tompkins County, 1902-05.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, George W. —
of Bozeman, Gallatin
County, Mont.
Mayor
of Bozeman, Mont., 1886-87.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, H. Lee —
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1928.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, Halsey H. —
of Maine.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1900.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | Monroe,
Harrison See J. Harrison
Monroe |
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Monroe, Henry E. —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1932.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, Herman F. —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1908.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, Hiram —
of Hillsborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate 8th District, 1849-51.
Interment at Old
Cemetery on Flint Road, Hillsborough, N.H.
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Monroe, J. —
of Trenton, Wayne
County, Mich.
Village
president of Trenton, Michigan; elected 1903.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, J. Harrison —
of Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Guilford; elected 1930;
defeated, 1932.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, J. Stanley —
of Denton, Denton
County, Tex.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1952.
Still living as of 1952.
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Monroe, James (1758-1831) —
of Virginia.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., April 28,
1758.
Son of Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1782, 1786, 1810-11; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-86; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1790-94; U.S. Minister to France, 1794-96; Great Britain, 1803-07; Governor of
Virginia, 1799-1802, 1811; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1811-14, 1815-17; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1814-15; President
of the United States, 1817-25; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1930. His portrait appeared on the
U.S. $100
silver certificate in the 1880s and 1890s.
Died, probably of tuberculosis,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 4,
1831 (age 73 years, 67
days).
Originally entombed at New
York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequently entombed at
New
York City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1858
at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives:
Nephew of Joseph
Jones; son of Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married
1786 to
Eliza Kortright; distant cousin of Thomas Bell
Monroe; uncle of James Monroe
(1799-1870); second great-granduncle of Theodore
Douglas Robinson and Corinne
Robinson Alsop. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Monroe counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., W.Va. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: James Monroe
— James Monroe
— James
M. Pendleton
— James
M. Jackson
— James
Monroe Letts
— James
M. Ritchie
— James
M. Comly
— James
Monroe Buford
— James
M. Seibert
— James
M. Lown
— James
M. Miller
— James
Monroe Hale
— James
Monroe Spears
— James
M. Lown, Jr.
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about James Monroe: Harry Ammon,
James
Monroe: The Quest for National Identity |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Monroe, James (1799-1870) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Virginia, 1799.
U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1839-41; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1850, 1852.
Died in 1870
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Monroe, James (1821-1898) —
of Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Plainfield, Windham
County, Conn., July 18,
1821.
Republican. College
professor; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1856-59; member of Ohio state
senate, 1860-62; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 1860;
U.S. Consul in Rio de Janeiro, 1862-70; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1871-81 (14th District 1871-73, 18th
District 1873-79, 17th District 1879-81).
Died in Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio, July 6,
1898 (age 76 years, 353
days).
Interment at Westwood
Cemetery, Oberlin, Ohio.
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Monroe, James —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Mayor
of Kalamazoo, Mich., 1896.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, James B. —
of Waldorf, Charles
County, Md.
Republican. Member of Maryland
state senate, 1950.
Still living as of 1950.
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Monroe, James H. (b.
1847) —
of Grand
Traverse County, Mich.
Born in 1847.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Grand Traverse County,
1903-08.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, James O. —
of Collinsville, Madison
County, Ill.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1936,
1948,
1952,
1956;
candidate for Illinois
state senate 47th District, 1938.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, James Smith (b.
1854) —
also known as James S. Monroe —
of Ironwood, Gogebic
County, Mich.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., December
29, 1854.
Son of Peter Smith Monroe and Harriet (FitzGerald) Monroe.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1901-10 (Gogebic District
1901-02, Gogebic County 1903-10); defeated, 1912.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, Jess C. —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1952.
Still living as of 1952.
|
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Monroe, John —
U.S.
Attorney for Virginia, 1801-03.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, John —
of Cumberland
County, N.C.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons from Cumberland County, 1840-43.
Burial
location unknown.
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| |
Monroe, John T. —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1860-62, 1866-67.
Burial
location unknown.
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| |
Monroe, Kenneth —
of Leflore, Le Flore
County, Okla.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma,
1996.
Still living as of 1996.
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| |
Monroe, L. F. —
of Hempstead
County, Ark.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas,
1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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| |
Monroe, Lee (b. 1857) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Freehold Township, Warren
County, Pa., October
27, 1857.
Son of Cyrus Monroe and Ruth (Woodin) Monroe.
Lawyer;
Register, U.S. Land Office,, Wa-Keeney, Kansas, 1889-93; district
judge in Kansas 23rd District, 1895-1903.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Lilla Day Moore. |
|
| | Monroe, Lee
See H. Lee Monroe |
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Monroe, Lloyd —
of East Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode
Island, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Monroe, Mack P. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1953; candidate in primary
for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 1st
District, 1961.
Still living as of 1961.
|
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Monroe, Marty —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996.
Still living as of 1996.
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Monroe, Mary A. —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington,
1916.
Female.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, Raburn —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana,
1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, Ralph J. —
of Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1944.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, Mrs. Reid —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
North Carolina, 1964.
Female.
Still living as of 1964.
|
| | Monroe, Ron
See Ronald C. Monroe |
| |
Monroe, Ronald C. —
also known as Ron Monroe —
of Clarkston, Oakland
County, Mich.
U.S. Taxpayers candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 2000;
U.S. Taxpayers candidate for Michigan
state board of education, 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
|
| | Monroe,
Stanley See J. Stanley
Monroe |
| |
Monroe, Susie (b. 1898) —
also known as Susie Wallace —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March 4,
1898.
Daughter of Sandy Wallace and Susan Wallace.
Democrat. Dressmaker;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County 23rd
District, 1949-54; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952.
Female.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, T. B. —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Mayor
of Lexington, Ky., 1859.
Burial
location unknown.
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| |
Monroe, Thomas —
of Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1904.
Burial
location unknown.
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| |
Monroe, Thomas B., Jr. (died
c.1863) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1859-61; major in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Killed in the Confederate service during the Civil
War, about 1863.
Burial
location unknown.
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| |
Monroe, Thomas Bell
(1791-1865) —
also known as Thomas B. Monroe —
of Kentucky.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., October
7, 1791.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1816; secretary of
state of Kentucky, 1823-24; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1833-34; U.S.
District Judge for Kentucky, 1834-61; Delegate
from Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.
Died in Pass Christian, Harrison
County, Miss., December
24, 1865 (age 74 years, 78
days).
Interment somewhere
in Pass Christian, Miss.
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Monroe, Victor (d. 1855) —
Son of Thomas Bell Monroe.
Justice
of Washington territorial supreme court, 1853.
Died in Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash., 1855.
Burial
location unknown.
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Monroe, W. W. —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1900.
Burial
location unknown.
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| |
Monroe, Watson —
of Wood
County, W.Va.
Republican. Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1904.
Burial
location unknown.
|
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Monroe, William —
of Fulton, Callaway
County, Mo.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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