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 * Born to a prosperous family, [|James Monroe] had a good education. His father was Spence Monroe who was a woodworker and tobacco farmer, his mother was Elizabeth Jones Monroe who had considerable land, but not a lot of fluid cash. [|He had one sister; Elizabeth Bukner, and three brother; Spence, Andrew, and Joseph Jones] . His mother died before the year 1774, and his father died when Monroe was only 16. He studied at Campbell Academy and then went to the College of William and Mary and studied there. He never finished college due to the fact that he dropped out to join the Continental Army and later studied law under Thomas Jefferson. Monroe in the year 1782 got into the Virginia House of Delegates and the following year he was elected to the Continental Congress. In the year 1785, he married [| Elizabeth Kortright] who was the First Lady for eight years. She was the daughter of a British Army officer and was often very sick. They had 3 kids, 2 girls, and 1 boy. Eliza Kortright, was the first child and she was born in 1786 and died in the year 1835. Elizabeth counted on her to do most of the First Lady work since she was very sick. James Spence was their only son, but he died at the age of 1 or 2. Lastly, their last child, Maria Hester born in 1803 and died in 1850. Maria was married in the White House. James Monroe was also the last president to get photographed and the first to live in the White H **** ouse when it was actua **** lly white. Monroe was also the last of the founding fath ers. **


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