HISTORY

General James Monroe?

James Monroe, who was a Major during the Revolution, lobbied hard to be appointed commander of the new Northwest Army after the defeat of General Hull. However, Henry Clay, a fellow Democrat, insisted just as hard to have westerner William Henry Harrison appointed. After the debacle that was General Hull, few in Kentucky were will to follow another eastern general (despite the fact that both were born in Virginia … Harrison was seen as a westerner.)

In the end, Monroe was forced to step aside and Harrison was appointed.