After the failure of diplomatic protests and a trade embargo against the United Kingdom, he led the U.S.

Madison succeeded Jefferson with a victory in the 1808 presidential election, and he won re-election in 1812. After Jefferson won the 1800 presidential election, Madison served as Jefferson's Secretary of State from 1801 to 1809, supervising the Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the nation's size. For his role in drafting the first ten amendments to the Constitution during the First Congress, Madison is known as the 'Father of the Bill of Rights.' Together with Thomas Jefferson, Madison organized the Democratic-Republican Party, which became one of the nation's two first major political parties. After the ratification of the Constitution in 1788, Madison won election to the United States House of Representatives. He collaborated with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay produced the Federalist Papers. Hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” for being instrumental in the drafting of the United States Constitution, Madison became one of the leaders in the ratification movement. The papers of James Madison are also included in Founders OnlineĪ comprehensive edition of the papers of James Madison (1751 –1836), American statesman and political theorist, the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817). University Press of Virginia at (earlier volumes from University of Chicago Press). Writings of James Madison : comprising his public papers and his private correspondence, including numerous letters and documents now for the first time printed.

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