James Monroe (politician, 1799)

James Monroe (born September 10, 1799 in Albemarle County , Virginia , † September 7, 1870 in Orange , New Jersey ) was an American officer and politician . Between 1839 and 1841 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Monroe was born in the late 18th century. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1815 and was then assigned to the artillery corps . He took part in the fighting during the Second Barbarian War. He was then aide-de-camp for Lieutenant General Winfield Scott between 1817 and 1822 . In 1821 he was promoted to second lieutenant in the fourth artillery regiment . He then went to his garrison service until 1832 and worked as a commissary . In 1832 he was reappointed Lieutenant General Scott's aide-de-camp to take part in the Black Hawk campaign , but could not reach the theater of war due to illness. Thereupon he gave back his officer license on September 30, 1832. He moved to New York City that same year , where he worked as Assistant Alderman . He was Alderman between 1833 and 1835 and President of the Board of Aldermen in 1834 .

Politically, he was a member of the Whig Party . In the congressional elections of 1838 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of New York , where he succeeded Churchill C. Cambreleng , Edward Curtis , Josiah O. Hoffman and Ely Moore on March 4, 1839 who had previously represented the third district in the US House of Representatives. He suffered for his re-election bid in 1840 , a defeat and withdrew from the after March 3, 1841 Congress of. In 1847 he challenged the election of David S. Jackson , but the US House of Representatives decided that no one involved had a claim to this seat. He declined a re-nomination for the vacancy that had thus arisen. He then sat in the New York Senate in 1850 and 1852 .

Monroe then withdrew from public life and settled in Orange, where he died on September 7, 1870. His body was interred in Trinity Church Cemetery on One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Street and Broadway in New York City. President James Monroe (1758–1831) was his uncle.

literature

• James Monroe (1799–1870), Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, The College of William and Mary in Virginia (PDF; 727 kB)

Web links

• James Monroe in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• James Monroe in the database of Find a Grave (English)