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 MONROE

MONTAGUE

lived the life of a recluse, — indeed many persons did not know of his residence in New York city until the news of his death was published. The citizens of the city of New York united to do hiui honor and tho funeral held July 7, 1831, was a public one. The remains were buried in the Marble cemetery on Second Street, New York. On April G, I85S. the general assembly of Virginia appropriated §3000 for their removal to his native state, and on July 4, 1858, the}' were reinterred with appropriate honors in Hollywood cemetery, Richmond. The degree of A.B. was conferred on liim by William and Mary college in 1775 ; and th;it of LL.D. by Harvard college in 1817, by Dartmouth college in 1817, and by the College of New Jersey in 1822. His name was one of the thirty-seven in " Class M, Rulers and Statesmen " sub-nitted for a pla(^e iti the Hall of Fame for Great Americans, New York university, October, 1900, and received nineteen votes, sixteen in the class receiving a larger number. He is the author of : A Memoir to Prove the Rights of the People of the West to the Free Navigation of the Mississippi (1786) ; A View of the Conduct of the Executive as to the Mission to the French Republic (1797), which caused political excitement, gained for Monroe election as governor of Virginia, and on the copy of the work owned by President Wash- ington were written animadversions that were subsequently published. He left in MS. Philoso- phical History of the Origin of Free Governments and The People the Sovereigns (1867). He left a large number of MSS., including his correspond- ence and state papers, which were purchased by congress and deposited in the library. Samuel Waldo wrote Tour of James Monroe through the Northern and Eastern States, with a sketch of his Life (1819) ; John Quincy Adams wrote Life of James Monroe ivith a Notice of his Administra- tion (1850); George F. Tucker, Concise History of the Monroe Doctrine (1858) ; Daniel C. Gilman in American Statesmen series. Life of James Monroe (1883) ; and Demonstration at Removal of Re- mains of James Monroe was published (1858). He died in New York city, July 4, 1831.

MONROE, James, educator and represent- ative, was born at Plainfield, Conn., July 18, 1821. He attended Plainfield academy, and engaged for several years in teaching in the public schools of Windham county. He was an agent of the Anti- Slavery society, 1841-44, and was graduated from Obsrlin college, Ohio, A.B., 1846, A.M., 1850. and from the Theological seminary of Oberlin college in 1849, He was a tutor at Oberlin college, 1846- 48 ; professor of rhetoric and belles lettres, 1848- 63, and devoted considerable time to raising money for the college. He was a representative from Lorain county in the state legislature, 1856-60 ; state senator 1860-63, and president 2>^o

tempore of the senate, 1862-63. In 1S63 he re- signed his seat in the senate and his professorship at Oberlin, to accept the U.S. consulship at Rio de Janeiro tendered him by President Lincoln, and he held the office until 1870, having also served in 1869 as charge d'affaires ad interim. He was a Republican representative from the four- teenth, eighteenth and seventeenth Ohio districts respectively in the 42d-46th congresses, 1871- 81, and was chairman of the committees on education and labor. He was professor of political science and modern history at Oberlin 1883-98. He is the author of : Lectures, Addresses and Essays, delivered before the students of Oberlin. He died in Obeiliii, Ohio, July 6, 1898.

MONSER, John Watson, librarian, was born in London, England, Nov. 5, 1838 ; son of George and Eliza (Watson) Monser. He attended Hollo- way school, London, 1844-48, and Eureka college, 111., 1854-61. He was married, Oct. 8, 1861, to Laui'a M. Hook. He taught school in various places in Illinois, 1862-73, rising to the position of principal of Atlanta school. He was ordained a minister in the Christian church in 1859. He served through the civil war as chaplain of the 76th Illinois volunteers ; was chaplain of the Kansas house of representatives, 1874-75 ; pastor at War- rensburg, Mo., 1876-79 ; and chaplain of the Iowa state senate. In 1887 he was appointed librarian of the Missouri State university. His published works include : Encyclopcedia of Evidences (1882); Follies of Free Thought (1872); Types and Meta- phors of the Bible (1886) ; Sunday School Commen- tary (1884-88); and contributions to periodicals.

MONTAGUE, Andrew Jackson, governor of Virginia, was born in Campbell county, Va., Oct. 3, 1862; son of Judge Robert Latane (q.v.) and Cordelia Gay (Eubank) Montague. He was prepared for college by private tutors and at academies, and was graduated from Richmond college, Va., in 1882. He taught school, 1882-84 ; was graduated B.L. from the University of Vir- ginia in 1885 ; and was admitted to the bar Oct. 1, 1885. He established a successful practice in Richmond ; was appointed by President Cleve- land U.S. district attorney July 1, 1893, and re- signed in August, 1897, but was appointed ad in- terim, serving until Dec. 31, 1897. He was at- torney-general of Virginia, 1898-1902, and was elected governor of Virginia, Nov. 5, 1901, for the term 1902-06. He was married, Dec. 11, 1889, to Elizabeth Lyne Hoskins.

MONTAGUE, Andrew Philip, educator, was born in Essex county, Va., Sept. 27, 1854 ; .son of the Rev. Howard Williams (1810-1876) and Mil- dred Columbia (Broaddus) Montague, and grand- son of the Rev. Philip Montague and of the Rev Dr. Andrew Broaddus. He attended Aberdeen academy, Va., and the University of Virginia