OVERVIEW:

BORN:
April 28, 1758
Westmoreland County, Virginia

DIED:
July 4, 1831 (age 73)
New York, New York

EDUCATION:
College of William & Mary

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic-Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1776:
Joined the Continental Army’s Third Virginia Infantry Regiment
December 1776:
Crossed the Delaware River with George Washington
12/26/1776:
Wounded at the Battle of Trenton
December 1778:
Camped at Valley Forge
6/28/1778:
Fought at the Battle of Monmouth
1779:
Resigned from the Continental Army
1780:
Studied Law under Governor Thomas Jefferson in Richmond, Virginia
1782:
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
1783-1786:
Virginia Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation
2/16/1786:
Married Elizabeth Kortright,
Practiced Law in Fredericksburg
1787-1789:
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
1788:
Member of the Virginia Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution
1790-1794:
U.S. Senator from Virginia
1794-1796:
U.S. Minister to France for President George Washington
1799-1802:
Governor of Virginia
1803:
Served as Envoy to France to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase
1803-1807:
U.S. Minister England Spain for President Thomas Jefferson
1804:
Arrived in Spain to negotiate the purchase of Florida
1810-1811:
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
January- April 1811:
Governor of Virginia
1811-1817:
U.S. Secretary of State to President James Madison
1814-1815:
U.S. Secretary of War
1817-1825:
5th President of the United States
1823:
Delivered Speech to Congress known as the Monroe Doctrine
1826-1831:
Served as a Member of the Board of Visitors, University of Virginia
1829:
President of the Virginia Constitutional Convention
1831:
Moved to New York City