| MONROE (Soundex
M560)
— See also
CONROE,
MANRO,
MANRY,
MCENROE,
MONRAD,
MONRO,
MONRONEY,
MONROSE,
MONROY,
MORENO,
MORRONE,
MUNRO,
MUNROE,
VENROE.
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See also
George
A. Bangs —
August
Frederick Barnhouse —
Laurence
Powers Bonfoey —
George
Harvey Branch —
Thaddeus
Harold Brown —
William
James Calhoun —
William
Grayson —
Arthur
Asher Miller —
Joseph
Mullin —
Daniel
Micajah Pendleton —
Charles
Henry Thompson —
Llewellyn
E. Thompson Jr. —
George
Nicholas Yoho |
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Monroe, A. —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Mayor
of Salem, Ore., 1873.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, A. J. —
of Monticello, Jones
County, Iowa.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1876.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, A. Warfield —
of Maryland.
Republican. Assistant Secretary, Republican National
Convention, 1896.
Burial location unknown.
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| | Monroe, Alex
S. See Alexander Simmons
Monroe |
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Monroe, Alexander Simmons (b.
1893) —
also known as Alex S. Monroe —
of Rockingham, Richmond
County, N.C.
Born in Troy, Montgomery
County, N.C., November
19, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; textile
executive; member of North
Carolina state senate 18th District, 1959.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Calvin Spencer Monroe and Mary Simmons (Campbell)
Monroe. |
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Monroe, Aline —
of Pond Creek, Grant
County, Okla.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1956.
Female.
Still living as of 1956.
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Monroe, Allen —
of Hamburg, Erie
County, N.Y.
Republican. Postmaster at Hamburg,
N.Y., 1884-85.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, Ark —
of Arkansas.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Arkansas.
Still living as of 2000.
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Monroe, B. F. —
of Blair, Washington
County, Neb.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Nebraska, 1896.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, Bradford H. —
of Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Guilford, 1946.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, C. D. —
of McLaughlin, Corson
County, S.Dak.
Member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 52nd District, 1935-36.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, Cecil —
of Hermann, Gasconade
County, Mo.
Democrat. Chair of
Gasconade County Democratic Party, 1967.
Still living as of 1967.
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Monroe, Charles J. —
of Michigan.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, Charles O. —
of South Haven, Van Buren
County, Mich.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, Claude E. —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Democrat. Candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
17th District, 1961.
Still living as of 1961.
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Monroe, Darius —
of Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County, 1843.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, E. L. —
of Monett, Barry
County, Mo.
Democrat. Nominated in primary for Missouri
state house of representatives from Barry County 1948, but
withdrew before election.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, Elizabeth
(1768-1830) —
also known as Elizabeth Kortright —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 30,
1768.
First
Lady of the United States, 1817-25.
Female.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Loudoun
County, Va., September
23, 1830 (age 62 years, 85
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Loudoun County, Va.; reinterment at
Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Monroe, Ernest L. —
U.S. Vice Consul in Santiago de Cuba, as of 1924; Sherbrooke, as of 1926; Matanzas, as of 1927.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, Estelle —
of Pennsylvania.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 2000.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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Monroe, F. N. —
of Howell, Livingston
County, Mich.
Member of Michigan Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1887.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, Frank A. —
of Louisiana.
Justice
of Louisiana state supreme court, 1899-1904; appointed 1899.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, George —
Socialist. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1908.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, George E. —
of Dryden, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Tompkins County, 1902-05.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, George W. —
of Bozeman, Gallatin
County, Mont.
Mayor
of Bozeman, Mont., 1886-87.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, Grafton —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Republican. Postmaster at Annapolis,
Md., 1880-85.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, H. Lee —
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1928.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, Halsey H. —
of Maine.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Harrison See J. Harrison
Monroe |
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Monroe, Henry E. —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, Herman F. —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1908.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, Hiram —
of Hillsborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate 8th District, 1849-51.
Interment at Old
Cemetery on Flint Road, Hillsborough, N.H.
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Monroe, J. —
of Trenton, Wayne
County, Mich.
Village
president of Trenton, Michigan; elected 1903.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, J. Harrison —
of Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Guilford; elected 1930;
defeated, 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, J. Stanley —
of Denton, Denton
County, Tex.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1952.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, James (1758-1831) —
of Spotsylvania
County, Va.; Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., April
28, 1758.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1782, 1786, 1810-11; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-86; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from
Spotsylvania County, 1788; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1790-94; U.S. Minister to France, 1794-96; Great Britain, 1803-07; Governor of
Virginia, 1799-1802, 1811; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1811-17; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1814-15; President
of the United States, 1817-25; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1930.
Slaveowner.
Died, probably of tuberculosis,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 4,
1831 (age 73 years, 67
days).
Originally entombed at New
York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequently entombed at
New
York City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1858
at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married, February
16, 1786, to Eliza Kortright and Elizabeth
Kortright; father of Eliza Kortright Monroe (who married George
Hay) and Maria Hester Monroe (who married Samuel
Laurence Gouverneur); nephew of Joseph
Jones; uncle of Thomas Bell Monroe and
James Monroe (1799-1870); granduncle of Victor Monroe; great-grandnephew of Douglas
Robinson (who married Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson); second great-granduncle of Theodore
Douglas Robinson and Corinne
Robinson Alsop; third great-granduncle of Corinne
A. Chubb and John
deKoven Alsop; first cousin once removed of William
Grayson; second cousin of Alfred
William Grayson and Beverly
Robinson Grayson; second cousin thrice removed of Carter
Henry Harrison II and John
Brady Grayson. |
| | | Political family: Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Monroe counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., W.Va. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Monrovia,
Liberia, is named for
him. — Mount
Monroe, in the White Mountains, Coos
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. — Fort
Monroe (military installation 1819-2011), at Old Point Comfort, Hampton,
Virginia, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS James Monroe (built 1942 at Terminal
Island, California; scrapped 1970) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: James Monroe
— James Monroe
— James
M. Pendleton
— James
M. Jackson
— James
Monroe Letts
— James
M. Ritchie
— James
M. Rosse
— James
M. Comly
— James
Monroe Buford
— James
M. Seibert
— J.
Monroe Driesbach
— James
M. Lown
— James
M. Miller
— James
Monroe Jones
— James
Monroe Hale
— James
Monroe Spears
— J.
M. Alford
— James
M. Lown, Jr.
— James
M. Miley
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $100 silver certificate in the 1880s and
1890s. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about James Monroe: Harry Ammon,
James
Monroe: The Quest for National Identity |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Monroe, James (1799-1870) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., September
10, 1799.
Whig. U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1839-41; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1850, 1852.
Died in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., September
7, 1870 (age 70 years, 362
days).
Entombed at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Monroe, James (b. 1819) —
also known as "Uncle Jim" —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Monroe
County, N.Y., December
25, 1819.
Republican. Lumber
business; postmaster at Kalamazoo,
Mich., 1890-94, 1898-99; mayor
of Kalamazoo, Mich., 1896-97.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, James (1821-1898) —
of Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Plainfield, Windham
County, Conn., July 18,
1821.
Republican. College
professor; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1856-59; member of Ohio
state senate, 1860-62; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1860;
U.S. Consul in Rio de Janeiro, 1862-70; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1871-81 (14th District 1871-73, 18th
District 1873-79, 17th District 1879-81).
Died in Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio, July 6,
1898 (age 76 years, 353
days).
Interment at Westwood
Cemetery, Oberlin, Ohio.
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Monroe, James B. —
of Waldorf, Charles
County, Md.
Republican. Member of Maryland
state senate, 1950.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, James H. (b.
1847) —
of Grand
Traverse County, Mich.
Born in 1847.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Grand Traverse County,
1903-08.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, James O. —
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1922.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, James O. —
of Collinsville, Madison
County, Ill.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state senate 47th District; elected 1934; defeated, 1938;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1936,
1948,
1952,
1956.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, James Smith (b.
1854) —
also known as James S. Monroe —
of Ironwood, Gogebic
County, Mich.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., December
29, 1854.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1901-10 (Gogebic District
1901-02, Gogebic County 1903-10); defeated, 1912.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Smith Monroe and Harriet (FitzGerald) Monroe; married, July 13,
1882, to Emma C. Mitchell. |
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Monroe, Jess C. —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1952.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, John —
U.S.
Attorney for Virginia, 1801-03.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, John —
of Cumberland
County, N.C.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons from Cumberland County, 1840-43.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, John T.
(1822-1871) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Franklin, Howard
County, Mo., May 6,
1822.
Mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1860-62, 1866-67.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., February
23, 1871 (age 48 years, 293
days).
Entombed at Cypress Grove Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Monroe, Kenneth —
of Leflore, Le Flore
County, Okla.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma,
1996.
Still living as of 1996.
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Monroe, L. F. —
of Hempstead
County, Ark.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas,
1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, Lee (b. 1857) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Freehold Township, Warren
County, Pa., October
27, 1857.
Lawyer;
Register, U.S. Land Office,, Wa-Keeney, Kansas, 1889-93; district
judge in Kansas 23rd District, 1895-1903.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Cyrus Monroe and Ruth (Woodin) Monroe; married to Lilla Day
Moore. |
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See H. Lee Monroe |
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Monroe, Lloyd —
of East Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode
Island, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Monroe, Mack P. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
superintendent of public instruction, 1953; candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 1st
District, 1961.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, Marty —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996.
Still living as of 1996.
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Monroe, Mary A. —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington,
1916.
Female.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, Paul J. —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Candidate for mayor
of Charleston, W.Va., 2015.
Still living as of 2015.
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Monroe, Philip A. —
of Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Candidate for mayor
of Coronado, Calif., 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Monroe, Raburn —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana,
1940.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, Ralph J. —
of Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1944.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, Mrs. Reid —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
North Carolina, 1964.
Female.
Still living as of 1964.
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Monroe, Richard —
Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Still living as of 2012.
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Monroe, Robert G. —
of Charles City, Floyd
County, Iowa.
Mayor
of Charles City, Iowa; elected 1989.
Still living as of 1989.
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Monroe, Robert Grier —
also known as Robert G. Monroe —
Democrat. Straight Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1894.
Burial location unknown.
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See Ronald C. Monroe |
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Monroe, Ronald C. —
also known as Ron Monroe —
of Clarkston, Oakland
County, Mich.
Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; U.S. Taxpayers
candidate for Michigan
state board of education, 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
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Stanley See J. Stanley
Monroe |
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Monroe, Susie (b. 1898) —
also known as Susie Wallace —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March 4,
1898.
Democrat. Dressmaker;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County 23rd
District, 1949-54; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952.
Female.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Sandy Wallace and Susan Wallace. |
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Monroe, T. B. —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Mayor
of Lexington, Ky., 1859.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, Thomas —
of Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1904.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, Thomas B., Jr. (died
c.1863) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1859-61; major in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Killed in the Confederate service during the Civil
War, about 1863.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, Thomas Bell
(1791-1865) —
also known as Thomas B. Monroe —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., October
7, 1791.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1816; secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1823-24; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1833-34; U.S.
District Judge for Kentucky, 1834-61; resigned 1861; Delegate
from Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.
Died in Pass Christian, Harrison
County, Miss., December
24, 1865 (age 74 years, 78
days).
Interment at Live
Oak Cemetery, Pass Christian, Miss.
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Monroe, Victor
(1813-1856) —
Born in Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky., November
27, 1813.
Justice
of Washington territorial supreme court, 1853.
Died in Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash., September
15, 1856 (age 42 years, 293
days).
Interment at Masonic
Memorial Park, Tumwater, Wash.
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Monroe, W. A. —
of Sanford, Lee
County, N.C.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Lee County, 1921-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, W. W. —
of Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1900.
Burial location unknown.
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| | Monroe,
Warfield See A. Warfield
Monroe |
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Monroe, Watson —
of Wood
County, W.Va.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, William —
of Morgan
County, Mo.
Missouri
state auditor, 1845.
Burial location unknown.
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Monroe, William —
of Fulton, Callaway
County, Mo.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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