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Born in Belle Grove, Conway, Virginia. -
He would miss school a lot and they called him a sickly child growing up. He didn't have very good health in his younger years. -
On of James first memories was fears of the indians attacking during the French and Indian war. -
Manly did schooling from home when he was young. Moved to college when he was 18. -
James went to The College of New Jersey, now known as Princeton University. He studied classical languages, mathematics, rhetoric, geography, and philosophy as well as Hebrew and political philosophy. -
He started local, as a member of the Orange County Committee of Safety in 1774. -
He was commander of the Orange County militia, but his poor health precluded any active military service. With his father, he sat on the Orange County Committee of Safety in 1775, and was a delegate to the Virginia constitutional convention in 1776. -
Elected to the Virginia legislature in 1776. Became very good friends with Jefferson. -
In 1779 when Jefferson became Governor of Virginia and then Madison served on the Governor's Council. -
James was orthodoxy and penetration. James also played a big role in freedom of religion. -
James made a big impact to the by Constitution writing the Federalist Papers, along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. In later years, he was referred to as the “Father of the Constitution.” -
The American Bill of Rights, inspired by Jefferson and drafted by James Madison, was adopted, and in 1791 the Constitution's first ten amendments became the law of the land. -
Madison and Jefferson formed the Democratic-Republican Party from a combination of former Anti-Federalists. -
James and Dolley got married on September 15, 1794, and lived in Philadelphia for the next three years. In 1797, after eight years in the House of Representatives, James Madison retired from politics. He returned with his family to Montpelier -
James Madison Sr. February 27, 1801 was a prominent Virginia planter and politician who served as a colonel in the Virginia militia. -
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison had the gall to take a carriage ride on a Sunday, which was against state law at the time. And they did their time. -
James Madison had no children of his own, and his wife's son, John Payne Todd, age eighteen in 1808, spent as much time away from the Madison household at school as he did at home. -
James was a democrat and republican because he made them both and he felt that they both had ups and downs from others views. -
He was president from 1809 to 1817. He served for 2 terms in a row. -
James was the shortest and lightest president to this day.Standing at 5'4 and 100 pounds at his peak. -
Occupation of West Florida Madison issues a proclamation authorizing occupation of West Florida, also claimed by Spain, as part of the Louisiana Purchase. -
Trade wars Under the terms of Macon's Bill Number 2, Madison accepts a French offer to stop confiscation of American supplies and ships. -
Congress passes an embargo, effective through July 4, on all shipping to give shippers the opportunity to get their vessels to safe haven. -
Battle of Thames The United States under General Harrison emerges victorious at the Battle of the Thames as it ends British and Indian control in Northwest and Upper Canada. -
Retired and went to his Virginia plantation, Montpelier, where he spent his remaining years supervising his large plantation. -
Nelly Conway Madison died on February 11, 1829, at Montpelier, at the age of 98. -
On June 28, 1836, James Madison, drafter of the Constitution, recorder of the Constitutional Convention, author of the “Federalist Papers” and fourth president of the United States, dies on his tobacco plantation in Virginia. -
In 1836, at the time of Madison's death, he owned 36 taxable slaves. Madison did not free any of his slaves either during his lifetime or in his will. -
Dolley Madison died at her home in Washington in 1849, at the age of 81. -
John Payne Todd was an American secretary. Died of yellow fever epidemic.