James Maddison Essay, Research Paper
James Madison was born on March 16 1751, in Fort
Caonway Virginia.He came from a somewhat wealthy
family of Virginia plannters. Madison was educated
at The college of New Jersey, Wich is now known as
princeton. He graduated in 1771, continued his
studies for another year, and then returned home in 1772. He first became involved in politics by joining the
Commitee of Safety in 1774. Two years later he Joined
the Virginia Constitution convention,and earned the
title ‘Father of the Constitution’ by writing a large
Portion of the ammendments. James Madison joined the
first Legislature in 1777, and played a major roll in
both the Virginia plan, ang the Great Compromise. He
assisted Alexander Hamelton, and John Jay in Writing
the Federalist papers. The Federalist Papers were
written to convince people tobecome Federalists. He
signed twenty-nine out of eighty-five of these under
the psuedonym, Publius. Madison led the Proradification
forces in the Virginia ratifying convention. He added
several ammendments to the constitution. He married
Dolley Payne Todd in 1797, who was approximately 20
decades younger then he.
Websters biography index
Madisons writings