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Oak Hill is a mansion and plantation located in Aldie, Virginia that was for 22 years a home of Founding Father James Monroe, the fifth U.S. President.It is located approximately 9 miles (14 km) south of Leesburg on U.S. Route 15, in an unincorporated area of Loudoun County, Virginia.
The first election for Virginia's 5th congressional district took place on February 2, 1789, for a two-year term to commence on March 4 of that year. In a race that turned on the candidates' positions on the need for amendments (the Bill of Rights) to the recently ratified U.S. Constitution, James Madison defeated James Monroe for a place in the House of Representatives of the First Congress.
James Madison's Montpelier, located in Orange County, Virginia, was the plantation house of the Madison family, including Founding Father and fourth president of the United States James Madison and his wife, Dolley. The 2,650-acre (1,070 ha) property is open seven days a week.
Col. James Madison Sr. (March 27, 1723 – February 27, 1801) was a prominent Virginia planter and politician who served as a colonel in the Virginia militia during the American Revolutionary War. He inherited Mount Pleasant, later known as Montpelier , a large tobacco plantation in Orange County, Virginia and, with the acquisition of more ...
In 2016, the name Ash Lawn-Highland was dropped, and the house was redesignated James Monroe's Highland to more clearly communicate the relationship to its first owner, President James Monroe. [10] Today, Highland is a 535-acre (2.2 km 2) working farm, museum, and a performance site for arts, operated by the College of William and Mary. It is ...
James Madison Jr. was born on March 16, 1751 (March 5, 1750, Old Style), at Belle Grove Plantation near Port Conway in the Colony of Virginia, to James Madison Sr. and Eleanor Madison. His family had lived in Virginia since the mid-17th century. [ 9 ]
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James Madison [9] June 28, 1836: Montpelier: Orange: Virginia: 5 James Monroe [10] July 4, 1831: James Monroe Tomb, [E] Hollywood Cemetery: Richmond: Virginia: 6 John Quincy Adams [11] February 23, 1848: United First Parish Church [F] Quincy: Massachusetts: 7 Andrew Jackson [12] June 8, 1845: The Hermitage: Nashville: Tennessee: 8 Martin Van ...