James Monroe

James Monroe was born on April 28, 1758 in Westmoreland county in Virginia. His father, Spence Monroe and mother Elizabeth Jones Monroe were his parents. James entered college at the mere age of 16 in 1774, he attended the College of William and Mary located also in Virginia. Monroe later dropped put of college in 1776 to join the Army to fight against Great Britain in the Revolutionary War. He later became the fifth President of the newly formed United States and was the last founding father.