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| | JAMES MONROE - LoveToKnow Article on JAMES MONROE |
 | | In 1790 he was elected to the United States senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Grayson, and although in this body he vigorously opposed Washingtons administration, Washington on the 27th of May 1794 nominated him as minist~r to France. |
 | | In 1820 he was re-elected, receiving all the electoral votes but one, which William Plumer (1759-1850) of New Hampshire cast for John Quincy Adams, in order, it is said, that no one might share with Washington the honor of a unanimous election. |
 | | On retiring from Congress he began the practice of law at Fredericksburg, Virginia, was chosen a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1787, and in 1788 was a member of the state convention which ratified for Virginia the Federal constitution. |
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