James  MADISON

Biography
JAMES MADISON, 'Father of the Constitution,' and fourth President of the United States, was born March 16, 1757, and died at his home in Virginia June 28, 1836. The name of James Madison is inseparably connected with most of the important events in that heroic period of our country during which the foundations of this great republic were laid. He was the last of the founders of the Constitution of the United States to be called to his eternal reward.

The Madison family were among the early emigrants to the New World, landing upon the shores of the Chesapeake hut fifteen years after the settlement of Jamestown. The father of James Madison was an opulent planter, residing upon a very fine estate called Montpelier, in Orange County, Va. It was but twenty-five miles from the home of Jefferson at Monticello, and the closest personal and political attachment existed between these illustrious men from their early youth until death.

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Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894

Revolutionary War
MADISON, JAMES JR
Ancestor #: A073058
Notice: THIS LINE MAY NOT BE USED FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE DAR. (WHY?)
Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: 3-5-1751 'PORT CONWAY' KING GEORGE CO VIRGINIA
Death: 6-28-1836 'MONTPELIER' ORANGE CO VIRGINIA

COMMENTS(Overview)
1) PRESIDENT JAMES MADISON HAD NO CHILDREN; ONLY PAPER WAS COLLATERAL LINE.
2) NAME APPEARS ON DAR MARKER ON PATHWAY OF THE PATRIOTS.

RESIDENCE
1) City: 'MONTPELIER' - County: ORANGE CO - State: VIRGINIA

SPOUSE
1) DOROTHEA DOLLEY PAYNE TODD
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1809 - March 4 - James Madison (1751-1836) becomes 4th President of the United States
In 1809, Madison succeeded Jefferson as president, defeating Charles C. Pinckney. His wife, Dolley Payne Todd, whom he married in 1794, brought a new social sparkle to the executive mansion. In the meantime, increasing tension with Britain culminated in the War of 1812—a war for which the United States was unprepared and for which Madison lacked the executive talent to clear out incompetence and mobilize the nation's energies. Madison was reelected in 1812, running against the Federalist De Witt Clinton. In 1814, the British actually captured Washington and forced Madison to flee to Virginia.

Madison's domestic program capitulated to the Hamiltonian policies that he had resisted 20 years before and he now signed bills to establish a United States Bank and a higher tariff.
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March 4, 1809

Burial
Name: James Madison
Maiden Name:
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 1836
Event Place: Montpelier Station, Orange, Virginia, United States of America
Photograph Included: Yes
Birth Date: 16 Mar 1751
Death Date: 28 Jun 1836
Affiliate Record Identifier: 661
Cemetery: Montpelier Estate National Historic Site

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