| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 89.4

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James Monroe: Oberlin's Christian Statesman & Reformer, 1821-1898. By Catherine M. Rokicky. (Kent: Kent State University Press, 2002. xiv, 249 pp. Paper, $25.00, ISBN 0-87338-717-1.)

In her biography of James Monroe, Catherine M. Rokicky examines the life of a nineteenth-century reformer, Republican state legislator and congressman, consul to Rio de Janeiro, and Oberlin College professor. The author places Monroe firmly within the Oberlin community, where he resided during much of his adult life, and provides valuable insights into his relationships with his Oberlin faculty colleagues as well as with James A. Garfield, Jacob D. Cox, and other Ohio politicians. She also enlarges our understanding of the difficulties experienced by reform politicians who sought to translate their ideals into effective political action. Monroe's desire for Republican party unity and other practical considerations, according to Rokicky, often took precedence over his idealism. Nevertheless, she concludes that Monroe was a 'true Christian statesman' who labored 'for God's good.' . . .

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