Monroe, James
1817–1825
Monroe's 'Era of Good Feelings' is shorthand for institutional comity across factions, and the Monroe Doctrine is the founding statement that hemispheric stability is a U.S. priority. Abbott's working MOUs with the governors of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas earn him cleaner Monroe Doctrine credit on the hemispheric-stability front than his rhetoric implies. But the comity strand is weaker: the August 2025 mass-arrest order against Democratic legislators is the opposite of Era of Good Feelings politics. Hinojosa's no-corporate-PAC posture and her invocation of Rio Grande Valley roots in her launch speech read as the comity strand, though her quorum-break itself was a faction move. Neither matches Monroe's institutional warmth; Abbott picks up some hemispheric-policy credit, Hinojosa some comity credit.
Sources
- Office of the Governor, 'Texas partners with Trump administration on border security' — 2025 Tactical Border Force deployment. (full list)
- Texas Tribune, 'Abbott threatens removal of Democrats who broke quorum to block redistricting,' Aug. 3, 2025. (full list)
- Texas Observer, 'Gina Hinojosa's campaign for Texas governor,' 2025 — quotes Hinojosa on corruption and Operation Lone Star. (full list)
- The Monitor (MyRGV), 'Democrat cites Valley roots in bid to challenge Republican Gov. Greg Abbott,' Oct. 24, 2025. (full list)
- James Monroe, Monroe Doctrine (1823); Era of Good Feelings posture toward faction. (full list)