A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . Eager Howard, the candidate for the vice-presidency, had hardly aless claim upon the recognition of his countrymen, for he joined the patriotarmy at the outbreak of the Revolution, and fought with marked gallantry atWhite Plains, Germantown, Monmouth, and Camden, and won special honorat the Cowpens in 1781. He w-as afterward governor of Maryland, declinedthe portfolio of war in Washingtons cabinet, and
A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . Eager Howard, the candidate for the vice-presidency, had hardly aless claim upon the recognition of his countrymen, for he joined the patriotarmy at the outbreak of the Revolution, and fought with marked gallantry atWhite Plains, Germantown, Monmouth, and Camden, and won special honorat the Cowpens in 1781. He w-as afterward governor of Maryland, declinedthe portfolio of war in Washingtons cabinet, and was United States senatorfrom 1796 to 1803. These facts are given to show the character and standing of the candidatesof the Federalists in the presidential election of 1816. The following was the re-sult: For President, James Monroe, of Virginia, Republican, 133; Rufus King, ofNew York, Federalist, 34. For Vice-President, Daniel D. Tompkins, of NewYork, Republican, 183; John Eager Howard, of Maryland, Federalist, 22;James Ross, of Pennsylvania, 5; John Marshall, of Virginia, 4; Robert , of ]Maryland, 3. Vacancies, 4. Thus :\Ionroe became President andTompkins Vice-President. I. FIHST TBAIN OF CAK6 IN AMiiKICA. CHAPTER X. ADMINISTRATIONS OK JAxVIES MONROE ANDJOHN OUINCY ADAMS, 1817-1S29. James Monroe—The Era of Good Feeling—The Seminole War—Aigorous Pleasures of GeneralJackson—Admission of Mississippi, Illinois, Alabama, Maine, and Missouri—The Missouri Com-promise—The Monroe Doctrine—^isit of Lafayette—Introduction of the Use of Gas—Completionof the Erie Canal—The First Hard Times—Extinction of the West Indian Pirates—PresidentialElection of 1824—John Quincy Adams—Prosperity of the Country—Introduction of the RailwayLocomotive—Trouble with the Cherokees in Georgia—Death of Adams and Jeflferson—CongressionalAction on tlie Tariff—Presidential P]lection of I82S. JAMES James Moxroe, the fifth Presi-dent of tlie United States, was bomat
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