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    James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the 4th president of the United States...
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    James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United...
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  • and the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity. Law Professor emeritus William A. Woodruff has pointed out that James Madison, the Father of the Constitution...
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    The Federalist Papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the collective pseudonym...
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    Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Washington. Most of the Founding Fathers were of English ancestry, though many had family...
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  • have the power to strike down laws and statutes they find to violate the Constitution of the United States. Decided in 1803, Marbury is regarded as the single...
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    Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. New York: Macmillan. Madison, James (1966) [1840]. Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787. Athens:...
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  • Throughout his life, James Madison's views on slavery and his ownership of slaves were complex. James Madison, who was a Founding Father of the United States...
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    The presidency of James Madison began on March 4, 1809, when James Madison was inaugurated as President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1817...
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  • stands in the foreground right. James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, is outraged by Obama's actions, for beneath Obama's foot is the U.S. Constitution...
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  • Thumbnail for Signing of the United States Constitution
    The Signing of the United States Constitution occurred on September 17, 1787, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when 39 delegates to...
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    Carta (1215). Largely because of the efforts of Representative James Madison, who studied the deficiencies of the Constitution pointed out by Anti-Federalists...
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    James Madison's Montpelier, located in Orange County, Virginia, was the plantation house of the Madison family, including Founding Father and fourth president...
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    separately in the Primary sources section. Many general biographies of James Madison, often considered the Father of the Constitution, exist, which cover...
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    James Wilson (September 14, 1742 – August 21, 1798) was a Scottish-born American Founding Father, legal scholar, jurist, and statesman who served as an...
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    floor leaders from biggest states James Madison, VA "Father of the Constitution" James Wilson, PA "unsung hero of Convention" Every few days, new delegates...
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  • resulted in the drafting of the current United States Constitution. Madison's journal describing what delegates said remains valuable to historians, as it is...
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  • Thumbnail for James Madison High School (Brooklyn)
    James Madison High School is a public high school in Midwood, Brooklyn. It serves students in grades 9 through 12 and is in Region 6 of the New York City...
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    amendment was one of several proposed amendments to the Constitution that Representative James Madison of Virginia introduced in the House of Representatives...
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  • about Our Past". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved January 23, 2023. "Was James Madison Truly Father of the Constitution?", Akhil Reed Amar, YouTube, 2022 v t e...
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    Rufus King, James Madison, Gouvernour Morris, Roger Sherman, and Hugh Williamson, is selected to settle "such parts of the Constitution as have been postponed...
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    James Monroe (/mənˈroʊ/ mən-ROH; April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831), a Founding Father of the United States, served as the fifth president of the United States...
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  • Maysville Road veto (category History of the government of the United States)
    Madison, the "Father of the Constitution”, viewed this type of spending as unconstitutional, as evidenced by his veto of the Bonus Bill of 1817. Jackson...
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  • The James Madison Institute (JMI) is a free market American think tank headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida in the United States. It is a member of the...
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    of the Constitution of the United States. The Foundation thus permanently commemorates the bicentennial of the Constitution and honors James Madison,...
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  • Federalist No. 10 (category Federalist Papers by James Madison)
    written by James Madison as the tenth of The Federalist Papers, a series of essays initiated by Alexander Hamilton arguing for the ratification of the United...
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    James Madison Porter (January 6, 1793 – November 11, 1862) served as the 18th United States Secretary of War and a founder of Lafayette College. Porter...
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    constructed from 1971 to 1976, and serves as the official memorial to United States Founding Father and president James Madison. It is located between First and...
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  • A More Perfect Union (film) (category Cultural depictions of James Madison)
    creation of the United States Constitution, and is focused mainly on James Madison, who wrote most of that document and took extensive notes during the convention's...
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    them James Madison of Virginia and Alexander Hamilton of New York, was to create a new frame of government rather than fix the existing one. The delegates...
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