Presidency of James Monroe America, while the Treaty of 1818 settled some boundary disputes and provided for the joint settlement of Oregon Country. Monroe was deeply sympathetic to the revolutionary movements in Latin America and opposed European influence in the region. In 1823, Monroe promulgated the Monroe Doctrine, which declared that the U.S. would remain neutral in European affairs, but would not accept new colonization of Latin American by European powers. In the 1824 presidential election, four members of the Democratic-Republican Party sought to succeed Monroe, who remained neutral among the candidates. Adams emerged as the victor over General Andrew Jackson and Secretary of
James Monroe Smith penned "Training of High School Teachers in Louisiana". Smith was a golfer with interests also in bridge playing, football, and reading. Smith died at the age of sixty of a heart attack at Angola, Louisiana. A 1935 photograph Smith with Huey Long by the late Fonville Winans can be accessed online. Another photograph of Smith at Angola Penitentiary appeared in newspapers such as the "Miami News" on December 2, 1939. James Monroe Smith James Monroe Smith Sr. (October 9, 1888 – June 6, 1949), was the president of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, during the 1930s. He was