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James Madison: A Biography. James Madison. : Ralph Louis Ketcham, Ralph Ketcham. University of Virginia Press, 1990 - Biography & Autobiography - 753 pages. The best one volume biography of Madison's life, Ketcham's biography not only traces Madison's career, it gives readers a sense of the man. As Madison said of his early years in Virginia ...
James Madison, the fourth president, the "Father of the Constitution," co-authored The Federalist Papers, helped to establish a system of checks and balances for the federal government.
James Madison was born on March 16, 1751, as a British subject in the colony of Virginia. When Madison was 18 years old, he left his family’s plantation to study at what is now Princeton University in New Jersey. After he graduated from college, he became involved in the colonies’ bid for independence from Great Britain.
As a politician, Madison was a rare amalgam–humble, scholarly, pragmatic, shrewd, and productive. And, unlike many of his political contemporaries, he kept both his passion and ego in check. According to Lynne Cheney, “Thomas Jefferson believed that Madison’s reserve had held him back when he first began his political career.”.
The James Madison Education Fund Inc. is a private, non-profit organization founded in 1994 as a partner organization to the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation with a mission to encourage study of the United States Constitution, its roots, its formation, its principles, and its development.
Oct 11, 2010 · James Madison. Born into a prosperous slave-owning family in Virginia in 1751, James Madison was baptized in the Anglican Church. Short, shy and prone to stomach troubles that left him weak and ...
