You think the past couple of presidential elections ... in 1812. He served as minister to France, Secretary of War and then Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Madison and Monroe.

Following Federalist opposition to the War of 1812, that party fell apart, leaving only the Democratic-Republicans. Once Monroe won their nomination in 1816, the general election against Rufus ...

With the 1824 election approaching, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams probably thought he was President James Monroe’s ...