A bill authorizing the commonwealth to acquire the 1,200-acre Oak Hill property south of Leesburg was approved unanimously by ...

The effort to connect with citizens led a journalist to dub Monroe's time in office the "Era of Good Feeling." Good feelings were strained, however, when a bill admitting Missouri to statehood was ...

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 ...

A bill authorizing the commonwealth to acquire the 1,200-acre Oak Hill property south of Leesburg was reported with unanimous ...

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 ...