James Madison Biography
- Title:
- Founding Father and Fourth President of the United States
- Position:
- None Found to the question "Should the Words “under God” Be in the US Pledge of Allegiance?"
- Reasoning:
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No position found as of Mar. 12, 2008
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- President of the United States. Succeeded Thomas Jefferson as president, defeating Charles C. Pinckney. Defeated Federalist De Witt Clinton for reelection in 1812, 1809-1817
- U.S. Secretary of State, 1801-1809
- Drafted the Virginia Resolution protesting the Alien and Sedition Acts, 1797
- Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1789-1797
- Wrote the Federalist Papers in collaboration with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay to aid the campaign for the adoption of the Constitution, 1787-1788
- Elected member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1785
- Elected member of the Virginia Assembly, 1784
- Represented the Commonwealth of Virginia in the U.S. Congress, 1779-1783
- Elected as a member of the Constitutional Convention of Virginia, participated in the framing of the Virginia Constitution, 1776
- Education:
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- Attended Princeton College, 1769-1771
- Other:
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- Married Dolley Payne Todd in 1794.