Descendants and Relatives
Some of James Monroe's descendants and relatives include:
- James K. Polk, 11th President of the United States
- Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States
- Curtis Harrison Stratton, author and actor
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Through natural declension of the soul,
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“The relatives of a suicide hold it against him that out of consideration for their reputation he did not remain alive.”
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