Monroe, John Tompkins

Life Span
to
Full name
John Tompkins Monroe
Place of Birth
Howard County, MO
Burial Place
New Orleans, LA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
4
Family

Daniel Munro (father), Elizabeth Copeland Munro (mother), Rebecca Isadora Shepard (wife)

Occupation
Politician
Other
Other Occupation
Stevedore
Political Parties
Democratic
Other Affiliations
Masons
Workingmen’s or Labor
Government
Local government
Date Event
Democrats sweep to power in the accelerated New Orleans city elections.
In New Orleans, a Republican effort to meet in Constitutional Convention results in riots and scores die.
Union General Philip Sheridan calls the mayor of New Orleans "a bad man" and recommends his removal.
Fifth District military governor General Phil Sheridan removes several New Orleans officials from office.
Reconstruction
Date Title
John Tompkins Monroe to the People of New Orleans, New Orleans, July 30, 1866.
Date Title
Philip H. Sheridan to Ulysses S. Grant, New Orleans, August 1, 1866.
Philip H. Sheridan to Ulysses S. Grant, New Orleans, August 2, 1866.
Philip H. Sheridan to Ulysses S. Grant, New Orleans, August 3, 1866.
Philip H. Sheridan to Andrew Johnson, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 6, 1866.
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