Yes, he should be higher. "In its early days, the Monroe administration wanted to improve relations with Britain. Toward that end, it negotiated two important accords with Britain that resolved border disputes held over from the War of 1812. The Rush-Bagot Treaty of 1817, named after acting Secretary of State Richard Rush and Charles Bagot, the British minister, demilitarized the Great Lakes, limiting each country to one 100-ton vessel armed with a single 18-pound cannon on Lake Chaplain and Lake Ontario. The Convention of 1818 fixed the present U.S.-Canadian border from Minnesota to the Rocky Mountains at the 49th parallel. The accords also established a joint U.S.-British occupation of Oregon for the next ten years." With Britain backing, Monroe's doctrine in protecting the Western Hemisphere from European expansion and especially (Russia and Spain) and the recognition of much of Central and South American nations that were newly independent from Spain would keep a lasting shield (although tested) over this part of the world and only get stronger with the growing power of the United States.

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David Upton