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'''James Madison''' (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836), an American statesman, political theorist, party leader and fourth president of the [[United States]] of America (1809–1817), was one of the most influential [[Founding Fathers]] of the United States. Considered to be the "Father of the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]]," Madison played the central role in designing the 1787 document and promoting its ratification. In 1788, he wrote over a third of the [[Federalist Papers]], still the most influential commentary on the Constitution. As a leader in the first Congresses, he drafted many basic laws and was responsible for the first ten amendments to the Constitution, and thus is also known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights." As a political theorist, Madison advanced the theory of [[republicanism]]. Madison's most distinctive belief was that the new republic needed checks and balances to limit the powers of special interests, which Madison called ''factions.''<ref>Robert Alan Dahl, "Madisonian Democracy," in Dahl, et al., eds. ''The Democracy Sourcebook'' (MIT Press, 2003), pp. 207-16.</ref> He believed very strongly that the new nation should fight against aristocracy and corruption (especially of British origin), and was deeply committed to creating mechanisms that would ensure [[republicanism]] in the United States.<ref>Banning, 1995; Kernell, 2003; Riemer, 1954.</ref>
'''James Madison''' (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836), an American statesman, political theorist, party leader and fourth president of the [[United States]] of America (1809–1817), was one of the most influential [[Founding Fathers]] of the United States. Misnamed the "Father of the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]]"—he had little influence on the document—Madison took the most thorough notes during the [[Constitutional Convention]] and wrote many of the [[Federalist Papers]] to promote its ratification, including its influential [[Federalist No. 10]]. Bookish and intellectual, Madison arrived to the Constitutional Convention many days early to pour over documents in preparation, and then developed the "Virginia Plan" for a new bicameral legislature based on population, which the delegates from other states then rejected after the convention began.
As a leader in the first Congresses, he drafted many basic laws and was responsible for the first ten amendments to the Constitution, and thus is also known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights." As a political theorist, Madison advanced the theory of [[republicanism]]. Madison's most distinctive belief was that the new republic needed checks and balances to limit the powers of special interests, which Madison called ''factions.''<ref>Robert Alan Dahl, "Madisonian Democracy," in Dahl, et al., eds. ''The Democracy Sourcebook'' (MIT Press, 2003), pp. 207-16.</ref> He believed very strongly that the new nation should fight against aristocracy and corruption (especially of British origin), and was deeply committed to creating mechanisms that would ensure [[republicanism]] in the United States.<ref>Banning, 1995; Kernell, 2003; Riemer, 1954.</ref>
As leader in the House of Representatives, Madison worked closely with President [[George Washington]] to organize the new federal government. Breaking with Treasury Secretary [[Alexander Hamilton]] in 1792, Madison and [[Thomas Jefferson]] organized the [[Jeffersonian Republicans]]. The new party opposed Hamilton's financial and foreign policies, especially the national bank and the [[Jay Treaty]]. In 1798 to protest the [[Alien and Sedition Laws]] Madison secretly coauthored, along with Thomas Jefferson, the [[Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions]] that called for states to block federal laws.
As leader in the House of Representatives, Madison worked closely with President [[George Washington]] to organize the new federal government. Breaking with Treasury Secretary [[Alexander Hamilton]] in 1792, Madison and [[Thomas Jefferson]] organized the [[Jeffersonian Republicans]]. The new party opposed Hamilton's financial and foreign policies, especially the national bank and the [[Jay Treaty]]. In 1798 to protest the [[Alien and Sedition Laws]] Madison secretly coauthored, along with Thomas Jefferson, the [[Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions]] that called for states to block federal laws.
Both of them were close friends with former President Thomas Jefferson. They lived on a neighboring hilltop near Jefferson's hilltop estate, [[Monticello]], in Virginia.
Both of them were close friends with former President Thomas Jefferson. They lived on a neighboring hilltop near Jefferson's hilltop estate, [[Monticello]], in Virginia.
==US Senate chaplains==
President James Madison was an example of a leader who ultimately came to think that the positions of Senate and House Chaplains could not be constitutionally supported, although whether he always held this view (and to what extent he believed it at various times during his life) is a subject of debate.
==Political career==
==Political career==
==Father of the Constitution==
==Father of the Constitution==
Back in the Virginia state legislature, Madison welcomed peace, but soon grew alarmed at the fragility of the [[Articles of Confederation]], and especially at the divisiveness of state governments. He strongly advocated a new constitution to overcome this divisiveness. At the [[Constitutional Convention]] in Philadelphia in 1787, Madison's draft of the [[Virginia Plan]] and his revolutionary three-branch federal system became the basis for the final plan. Though Madison was a shy man, he was one of the more outspoken members of the Continental Congress. He envisioned a strong federal government that could overrule actions of the states when they were deemed mistaken. His notes were the most detailed record, but he refused to allow them to be published until after his death, leaving commentators and judges puzzled for 50 years over what the authors intended by various provisions.<ref>Wood, 2006, pp. 163-64.</ref>
Back in the Virginia state legislature, Madison welcomed peace, but soon grew alarmed at the fragility of the [[Articles of Confederation]], and especially at the divisiveness of state governments. He strongly advocated a new constitution to overcome this divisiveness, and was an important organizer of the 1786 [[Annapolis Convention]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bDXjjuFNSTEC&pg=PA46 James Madison: A Son of Virginia and a Founder of the Nation]</ref> At the [[Constitutional Convention]] in Philadelphia in 1787, Madison's draft of the [[Virginia Plan]] and his revolutionary three-branch federal system became the basis for the final plan. Though Madison was a shy man, he was one of the more outspoken members of the Continental Congress. He envisioned a strong federal government that could overrule actions of the states when they were deemed mistaken. His [[Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787]] were the most detailed record, but he refused to allow them to be published until after his death, leaving commentators and judges puzzled for 50 years over what the authors intended by various provisions.<ref>Wood, 2006, pp. 163-64.</ref>
Other members of the Virginia delegation to the Convention were [[John Blair]], [[George Mason]], [[James McClurg]], [[Edmund Randolph]], [[George Washington]], and [[George Wythe]].
Other members of the Virginia delegation to the Convention were [[John Blair]], [[George Mason]], [[James McClurg]], [[Edmund Randolph]], [[George Washington]], and [[George Wythe]].
By December 1791, ten of Madison's proposed amendments were ratified and became the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights did not apply to the states until the passages of Fourteenth Amendment gave a federal guarantee to federal rights inside the states.
By December 1791, ten of Madison's proposed amendments were ratified and became the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights did not apply to the states until the passages of Fourteenth Amendment gave a federal guarantee to federal rights inside the states.
===First Amendment===
The concept of religious liberty was long known to be a Christian concept in the days of the Founders, and Madison directly credited [[Martin Luther]] as his inspiration in the crafting of that amendment. He wrote: (referencing an address of a reverend)
<blockquote>It is a pleasing and persuasive example of [[Piety|pious]] zeal, united with pure benevolence, and of cordial attachment to a particular creed, untinctured with sectarian illiberality. It illustrates the excellence of a system which, by a due distinction, to which the genius and courage of Luther led the way, between what is due to Caesar and what is due to God, best promotes the discharge of both obligations. The experience of the United States is a happy disproof of the error so long rooted in the unenlightened minds of well-meaning Christians, as well as in the corrupt hearts of persecuting usurpers, that without a legal incorporation of religious and civil polity, neither could be supported. A mutual independence is found most friendly to practical Religion, to social harmony, and to political prosperity.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=I6tLmjLqRfAC&pg=PA242 Letters and Other Writings of James Madison, 1816-1828], Letter to F. L. Schaeffer, Montpellier, December 3rd, 1821</ref></blockquote>
==Opposition to Hamilton==
==Opposition to Hamilton==
===States rights===
===States rights===
Most historians argue that Madison changed radically from a nationally-oriented ally of Hamilton in 1787-88 to a states-rights-oriented opponent of a strong national government by 1795. Madison started with opposing Hamilto; by 1793 he was opposing Washington as well. On most major issues Madison usually lost and Hamilton usually won, notably the National Bank, funding of state and national debts, and support of the [[Jay Treaty]]. (Madison did block the proposal for high tariffs.) Madison's politics remained closely aligned with Jefferson's until the experience of a weak national government during the [[War of 1812]] led Madison to appreciate the need for a stronger central government. He then began to support a national bank, a stronger navy and a standing army. However, other historians, led by Lance Banning and [[Gordon S. Wood]], see more continuity in Madison's views and do not see a sharp break in 1792.
Most historians argue that Madison changed radically from a nationally oriented ally of Hamilton in 1787–88 to a states-rights-oriented opponent of a strong national government by 1795. Madison started with opposing Hamilto; by 1793 he was opposing Washington as well. On most major issues Madison usually lost and Hamilton usually won, notably the National Bank, funding of state and national debts, and support of the [[Jay Treaty]]. (Madison did block the proposal for high tariffs.) Madison's politics remained closely aligned with Jefferson's until the experience of a weak national government during the [[War of 1812]] led Madison to appreciate the need for a stronger central government. He then began to support a national bank, a stronger navy and a standing army. However, other historians, led by Lance Banning and [[Gordon S. Wood]], see more continuity in Madison's views and do not see a sharp break in 1792.
==Secretary of State: 1801-1809==
==Secretary of State: 1801-1809==
The main challenge which faced the Jefferson Administration was navigating between the two great empires of Britain and France, which were almost constantly at war. The first great triumph was the [[Louisiana Purchase]] in 1803, made possible when [[Napoleon]] realized he could not defend that vast territory, and it was to France's advantage that Britain not seize it. Madison and President Jefferson reversed party policy to negotiate for the Purchase and then win Congressional approval. Madison tried to maintain neutrality between Britain and France, but at the same time insisted on the legal rights of the U.S. under international law. Neither London nor Paris showed much respect, however. Madison and Jefferson decided on an [[Embargo of 1807|embargo]] to punish Britain and France, forbidding Americans to trade with any foreign nation. The embargo failed as foreign policy, and instead caused massive hardships in the northeastern seaboard, which depended on foreign trade.
The main challenge which faced the Jefferson Administration was navigating between the two great empires of Britain and France, which were almost constantly at war. The first great triumph was the [[Louisiana Purchase]] in 1803, made possible when [[Napoleon]] realized he could not defend that vast territory, and it was to France's advantage that Britain not seize it. Madison and President Jefferson reversed party policy to [[negotiate]] for the Purchase and then win Congressional approval. Madison tried to maintain neutrality between Britain and France, but at the same time insisted on the legal rights of the U.S. under international law. Neither London nor Paris showed much respect, however. Madison and Jefferson decided on an [[Embargo of 1807|embargo]] to punish Britain and France, forbidding Americans to trade with any foreign nation. The embargo failed as foreign policy, and instead caused massive hardships in the northeastern seaboard, which depended on foreign trade.
Jefferson and Madison looked to the [[yeoman]]—the independent farmer—for virtues that were founded on an agrarian economy like that of Virginia. They were determined to avoid war, because war meant large armies, permanent navies, military virtues in opposition to the yeoman, new taxes, and increases in executive power. The result they feared would weaken liberty and republicanism. But they were not isolationist. Instead Jefferson and Madison put their faith in the power of American commerce to achieve their objectives, though threats like the boycott. The boycotts failed and Madison took a poorly prepared nation to war in 1812.<ref>Smith 2004</ref>
Jefferson and Madison looked to the [[yeoman]]—the independent farmer—for virtues that were founded on an agrarian economy like that of Virginia. They were determined to avoid war, because war meant large armies, permanent navies, military virtues in opposition to the yeoman, new taxes, and increases in executive power. The result they feared would weaken liberty and republicanism. But they were not isolationist. Instead Jefferson and Madison put their faith in the power of American commerce to achieve their objectives, though threats like the boycott. The boycotts failed and Madison took a poorly prepared nation to war in 1812.<ref>Smith 2004</ref>
Although his health had now almost failed, he managed to produce several memoranda on political subjects, including an essay against the appointment of chaplains for Congress and the armed forces, on the grounds that this produced religious exclusion, but not political harmony.<ref>He was tempted to admit chaplains for the navy, which might well have no other opportunity for worship. The [http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/amendI_religions64.html text] of the memoranda</ref>
Although his health had now almost failed, he managed to produce several memoranda on political subjects, including an essay against the appointment of chaplains for Congress and the armed forces, on the grounds that this produced religious exclusion, but not political harmony.<ref>He was tempted to admit chaplains for the navy, which might well have no other opportunity for worship. The [http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/amendI_religions64.html text] of the memoranda</ref>
Madison lived on until 1836, increasingly ignored by the new leaders of the American polity. He was the last remaining signatory of the United States Constitution.
Madison lived on until 1836, increasingly ignored by the new leaders of the American polity. He was the last remaining signatory of the United States Constitution.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HGkXMM-CXxMC&pg=PA87 Virginia's Historic Homes and Gardens]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=MlNWU1e9ppUC&pg=PA181 The American Presidents, Washington to Tyler]</ref>
As historian Garry Wills wrote:
As historian Garry Wills wrote:
<blockquote>"In the papal system, Government and Religion are in a manner consolidated, and that is found to be the worst of Government." <ref>[[God and the Oval Office]] by John C. McCollister, W Publishing Group, 2002.</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>"In the papal system, Government and Religion are in a manner consolidated, and that is found to be the worst of Government." <ref>[[God and the Oval Office]] by John C. McCollister, W Publishing Group, 2002.</ref></blockquote>
:"The rights of persons and property, are the objects, for the protection of which Govt was instituted." <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=3vh3OUHx-xIC&pg=PA193&dq=The+rights+of+persons+and+property,+are+the+objects,+for+the+protection+of+which+Govt+was+instituted.&ei=aNUIStyyII2oyATH5YWCDw James Madison and the Future of Limited Government - Page 193]</ref>
:"The rights of persons and property, are the objects, for the protection of which Govt was instituted." <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=3vh3OUHx-xIC&pg=PA193&dq=The+rights+of+persons+and+property,+are+the+objects,+for+the+protection+of+which+Govt+was+instituted.&ei=aNUIStyyII2oyATH5YWCDw James Madison and the Future of Limited Government - Page 193]</ref>
==Quotes==
==Quotes==
* "Mr. MADISON thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men. The reason of duties did not hold, as slaves are not like merchandize, consumed, &c", Constitutional Convention, August 25
*"History records that the money changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit, and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling money and it's issuance."
*"History records that the money changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit, and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling money and it's issuance."
*"Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant."
*"Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant."
*"Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=rj1LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA492 1829-1836, By James Madison]</ref>
*"When we are considering the advantages that may result from an easy mode of naturalization, we ought also to consider the cautions necessary to guard against abuses. It is no doubt very desirable that we should hold out as many inducements as possible for the worthy part of mankind to come and settle amongst us, and throw their fortunes into a common lot with ours. But why is this desirable? Not merely to swell the catalogue of people. No, sir, it is to increase the wealth and strength of the community; and those who acquire the rights of citizenship, without adding to the strength or wealth of the community are not the people we are in want of."<ref>[http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/print_documents/a1_8_4_citizenships8.html House of Representatives, Rule of Naturalization], February 3rd-4th, 1790</ref>
*"When we are considering the advantages that may result from an easy mode of naturalization, we ought also to consider the cautions necessary to guard against abuses. It is no doubt very desirable that we should hold out as many inducements as possible for the worthy part of mankind to come and settle amongst us, and throw their fortunes into a common lot with ours. But why is this desirable? Not merely to swell the catalogue of people. No, sir, it is to increase the wealth and strength of the community; and those who acquire the rights of citizenship, without adding to the strength or wealth of the community are not the people we are in want of."<ref>[http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/print_documents/a1_8_4_citizenships8.html House of Representatives, Rule of Naturalization], February 3rd-4th, 1790</ref>
*"Experience is the oracle of truth; and where its responses are unequivocal, they ought to be conclusive and sacred." - Federalist 20
* "In a word, as a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=w0ggAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA24 God and the Founders: Madison, Washington, and Jefferson]</ref>
* "Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term particularly expresses. This being the end of government, that alone is a ''just'' government, which ''impartially'' secures to every man, whatever is his ''own''."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=hCAjgs4mmQ4C&pg=PA330 James Madison: A Biography]</ref>
==Bibliography==
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===Biographies===
===Biographies===
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** Stagg, ''Mr. Madison's War: Politics, Diplomacy, and Warfare in the Early American Republic, 1783-1830'' (Princeton, 1983).
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* Trees, Andrew S. ''The Founding Fathers and the Politics of Character.'' Princeton U. Press, 2004. 208 pp. compares Madison, Hamilton, Jefferson and Adams
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** Wood, "Without Him, No Bill of Rights," ''The New York Review of Books'' (November 30, 2006b).
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* Ketcham, Ralph, ed., Selected Writings of James Madison. ( Hackett, 2006. xxxii, 396 pp. isbn 978-0-87220-695-3.)
* Ketcham, Ralph, ed., Selected Writings of James Madison. ( Hackett, 2006. xxxii, 396 pp. isbn 978-0-87220-695-3.)
* James Madison, ''Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 Reported by James Madison'' (1987); [ISBN 0393304051] ([http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/debates/debcont.htm])
* James Madison, ''Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 Reported by James Madison'' (1987); [ISBN 0393304051] ([http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/debates/debcont.htm])
* James Madison, ''Letters & Other Writings Of James Madison Fourth President Of The United States'', 4 vols., (1865); called the ''Congress edition''. [http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC00239122&id=pb2s8DG_2WUC&pg=RA1-PR11&lpg=RA1-PR11&dq=Letters+%26+Other+Writings+Of+James+Madison+Fourth+President online edition]
* James Madison, ''Letters & Other Writings Of James Madison Fourth President Of The United States'', 4 vols., (1865); called the ''Congress edition''. [https://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC00239122&id=pb2s8DG_2WUC&pg=RA1-PR11&lpg=RA1-PR11&dq=Letters+%26+Other+Writings+Of+James+Madison+Fourth+President online edition]
* William T. Hutchinson et al., eds., ''The Papers of James Madison'' (U. of Chicago Press, 1962-). the definitive multivolume edition. [http://www.virginia.edu/pjm/description1.htm 29 volumes have been published, with 16+ more volumes planned.]
* William T. Hutchinson et al., eds., ''The Papers of James Madison'' (U. of Chicago Press, 1962-). the definitive multivolume edition. [http://www.virginia.edu/pjm/description1.htm 29 volumes have been published, with 16+ more volumes planned.]
* Gaillard Hunt, ed. ''The Writings of James Madison'', 9 vols., (1900-1910). [http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC00752381&id=ri4fEe_y99kC&pg=RA3-PR21&lpg=RA3-PR21&dq=Writings+of+James+Madison:+comprising+his+public+papers online edition]
* Gaillard Hunt, ed. ''The Writings of James Madison'', 9 vols., (1900-1910). [https://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC00752381&id=ri4fEe_y99kC&pg=RA3-PR21&lpg=RA3-PR21&dq=Writings+of+James+Madison:+comprising+his+public+papers online edition]
* Marvin Myers, ed. ''Mind of the Founder: Sources of the Political Thought of James Madison'' (1973) [ISBN 0-87451-201-8].
* Marvin Myers, ed. ''Mind of the Founder: Sources of the Political Thought of James Madison'' (1973) [ISBN 0-87451-201-8].
* James M. Smith, ed. ''The Republic of Letters: The Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, 1776-1826''. 3 vols., (1995).
* James M. Smith, ed. ''The Republic of Letters: The Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, 1776-1826''. 3 vols., (1995).
*[http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/madispap.htm The Papers of James Madison] from the Avalon Project
*[http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/madispap.htm The Papers of James Madison] from the Avalon Project
*[http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/sacred/madison_m&r_1785.html Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments, 1785]
*[http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/sacred/madison_m&r_1785.html Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments, 1785]
*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jm4.html Official White House page for James Madison]
*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jm4.html Official White House page for James Madison]
*[http://www.jmu.edu/madison/center/main_pages/madison_archives/madison_archives.htm Madison Archives]
*[http://www.jmu.edu/madison/center/main_pages/madison_archives/madison_archives.htm Madison Archives]
* {{Gutenberg author| id=James+Madison | name=James Madison}}
* {{Gutenberg author| id=James+Madison | name=James Madison}}
==External links==
==External links==
* [https://librivox.org/author/1973 Works by James Madison - text and free audio] - [[LibriVox]]
* [https://librivox.org/author/1973 Works by James Madison - text and free audio] - [[LibriVox]]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=CT0-AAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover History of the Life and Times of James Madison], William Cabell Rives
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