In his Oct. 15 Op-Ed article, “James Monroe, a president for our times?,” Harlow Giles Unger offers an enthusiastic portrait of the fifth president’s two terms in office from 1817-25 ...

James Monroe was the last of the so-called Virginia Dynasty of presidents. Like James Madison, Monroe was secretary of state before becoming president. A spirit of vigorous nationalism known as the ...

THE full title of Mr. Gilman’s scholarly essay on James Monroe 1 hints at the grounds on which the fifth President finds a place in the careful list of American statesmen, and Monroe’s own ...

Monroe was secretary of state for James Madison and served some of the time as secretary of war during the War of 1812, and his leadership in these positions set him up to be elected president in ...