Monroe meaning

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A city of northeast-central Louisiana east of Shreveport. Founded in 1785, it is an industrial center.
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1758-1831; 5th president of the U.S. (1817-25)
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(born Norma Jean Mortenson, later changed to Norma Jean Baker) 1926-62; U.S. film actress.
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City in N La.
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  • at Monroe and 62 ft.

  • He was minister to Great Britain in1796-1803and again in 1825-1826, and was the Federalist candidate for vicepresident in 1804 and 1808, and for president in 1816, when he received 34 electoral votes to 183 cast for Monroe.

  • Cotton is grown in every county of the state, but the large yields are in the Delta (Bolivar, Coaohma, Washington, Yazoo and Leflore counties), the greatest cotton-producing region of the world, and in Monroe, Lowndes and Noxubee counties on the Alabama border.

  • In Monroe Park is a statue by E.

  • There is a U.S. garrison at Fort Monroe, one of the most important fortifications on the Atlantic coast of the United States.

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