James Madison
Historical Figure
Nationality:	United States
Religion:	Episcopalian
Date of Birth:	1751
Date of Death:	1836
Cause of Death:	Natural Causes
Occupation:	Politician, Author
Spouse:	Dolly Madison
Affiliations:	Democratic Party
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James Madison, Jr. (1751–1836) was an American politician, the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817), and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Considered to be the "Father of the Constitution", he was the principal author of the document. In 1788, he wrote over a third of the Federalist Papers, still the most influential commentary on the Constitution.

During the War of 1812, he was forced to abandon the capital city of Washington, DC ahead of an advancing British army. During his flight from the capital he fell in and briefly assumed command of an artillery battery. This is the only instance in American history of a sitting president giving orders to frontline combat troops directly.

James Madison in Southern VictoryEdit

Despite his contributions to the Federalist Papers with Alexander Hamilton, James Madison later developed anti-Federalist sentiments and allied himself with Hamilton's archrival, Thomas Jefferson. For this reason as well as his Virginian heritage, Madison was generally remembered unfavorably in the version of US history advanced under the Remembrance tradition.

In 1944, many in the U.S. presumed that Cassius Madison, the man who killed Jake Featherston, had taken his surname name to honor the fourth President.  In fact Cassius had taken the surname from the Georgia town nearest to where he'd gunned Featherston down.  He'd never even heard of President Madison before his tour of the U.S.

See AlsoEdit

• James Madison at the Eric Flint Wiki

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