For all these reasons, the election of 1824 was the most confused and wide-open national political contest America had ever seen. Near the end of James Monroe’s term, the leading presidential ...

Once Monroe won their nomination in 1816, the general election against Rufus King (previously a Federalist vice-presidential candidate) was a cakewalk. Monroe's reputation for honesty, and his ...

When, fresh from his November election victory, President Donald Trump began musing about buying Greenland, repossessing the ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! On December 2, 1823, President James Monroe introduced The Monroe Doctrine during his seventh annual address to Congress. In the doctrine ...