James Monroe was an American politician and Founding Father,who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. He was the last Founding Father to serve as president as well as the last president of the Virginia dynasty. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party,and his presidency coincided with the Era of Good Feelings,concluding the First Party System era of American politics. He issued the Monroe Doctrine,a policy of limiting European colonialism in the Americas. Monroe previously served as governor of Virginia,a member of the United States Senate,U.S. ambassador to France and Britain,the seventh secretary of state,and the eighth secretary of war.
The Republican Party,known retrospectively as the Democratic-Republican Party,was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early 1790s. It championed liberalism,republicanism,individual liberty,equal rights,separation of church and state,freedom of religion,decentralization,free markets,free trade,and agrarianism. In foreign policy,it was hostile to Great Britain and the Netherlands and in sympathy with the French Revolution and Napoleonic wars. The party became increasingly dominant after the 1800 elections as the opposing Federalist Party collapsed.
Presidential elections were held in the United States from November 4 to December 7,1796,when electors throughout the United States cast their ballots. It was the first contested American presidential election,the first presidential election in which political parties played a dominant role,and the only presidential election in which a president and vice president were elected from opposing tickets. Incumbent vice president John Adams of the Federalist Party defeated former secretary of state Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican Party.
Thomas Fisher Railsback was an American politician and lawyer who served eight terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1983 for Illinois's 19th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party,he sat on the House Judiciary Committee,which in 1974,voted to refer articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon to the full House.
Gilbert Gude was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district from 1967 to 1977. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Massachusetts's 8th congressional district is located in eastern Massachusetts,including part of Boston. It is represented by Democrat Stephen Lynch. For one congressional term (1791–1793),it served as the home district of the District of Maine. The district boundaries were significantly changed,as of the elections of 2012,due to redistricting after the 2010 census,with the old 8th district largely being shifted to the new 7th district. The new 8th district comprises many of the communities of the old 9th district,as well as some easternmost Norfolk County communities and northernmost Plymouth County communities of the old 10th district.
Washington's 4th congressional district encompasses a large area of central Washington,covering the counties of Douglas,Okanogan,Grant,Yakima,Benton,and Klickitat;and parts of Adams and Franklin counties. The district is dominated by the Yakima and Tri-Cities areas. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+11,it is the most Republican district in Washington.
Elizabeth Johnston Patterson was an American politician from South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party,she was a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993.
James Andrew Courter is an American Republican Party politician and attorney. He represented parts of northwestern New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1991. In 1989,he unsuccessfully ran for Governor of New Jersey.
Charles Adams Mosher was an American newspaperman and politician who served eight terms as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio from 1961 to 1977.
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes was an American politician of the Democratic Party who represented the Florida Panhandle in the United States House of Representatives from 1941 to 1979,with a brief break in 1944 and 1945 for service during World War II.
Cassius Clay Dowell was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa. He served from 1915 to 1935,and again from 1937 until his death in 1940,with the interregnum caused by an unsuccessful campaign for reelection in 1934.
William Joseph Scherle was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Southwestern Iowa from 1967 to 1975. He was a member of the Republican Party.
The presidency of James Monroe began on March 4,1817,when James Monroe was inaugurated as President of the United States,and ended on March 4,1825. Monroe,the fifth United States president,took office after winning the 1816 presidential election by an overwhelming margin over Federalist Rufus King. This election was the last in which the Federalists fielded a presidential candidate,and Monroe was unopposed in the 1820 presidential election. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party,Monroe was succeeded by his Secretary of State John Quincy Adams.
United States President Barack Obama,a member of the Democratic Party,was endorsed or supported by some members of the Republican Party and by some political figures holding conservative views in the 2008 election. Although the vast majority of Obama's support came from liberal constituencies,some conservatives identified in him shared priorities or other positive attributes. As in any election,voters can and sometimes do cross party lines to vote for the other party's nominee. Republican and conservative Obama supporters were often referred to as "Obama Republicans","Obamacans" or "Obamacons".
The 2002 congressional elections in Minnesota, were held on November 5,2002 to determine who would represent the state,in the United States House of Representative.
The 1977 United States House of Representatives special election in Minnesota's 7th congressional district was held on February 22,1977,to select the successor to Bob Bergland (DFL) who resigned to accept appointment as Secretary of Agriculture under the Carter Administration. Independent-Republican candidate Arlan Stangeland defeated the DFL favorite,Mike Sullivan,in an upset landslide.
