Biographies of james madison
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James Madison, Founding Father, architect of the Constitution, and fourth President of the United States, was born on March 16, at his mother’s home in Port Conway, Virginia, on the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg. His parents—Nelly Conway Madison and James Madison, Sr.—couldn’t have known that their eldest child would have a major role in shaping the collection of British colonies they currently inhabited into a nation that would ultimately become a global superpower.
The Madisons lived in a relatively small plantation house called Mount Pleasant in Orange County, Virginia during James Madison, Jr.’s young childhood. In the early s, the plantation’s enslaved labor force constructed a brick Georgian structure a half-mile away, and the Madisons moved into this house, later renaming the estate &#;Montpelier.&#;
A naturally curious and studious child, James Madison likely began his education at home under his mother. He was the oldest of 12 children, although only seven would live to adulthood, and as the eldest son of a wealthy Virginia planter, Madison had a number of privileges that would allow him to hone his inquisitive mind. A distinguished Scottish teacher named Donald Robertson instructed young “Jemmy” between the ages of 11 and 16 at his school in King and Queen
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Biographies of the Secretaries of State: James Madison (–)
James Madison - People - Department History
Introduction
James Madison was appointed Secretary of State by President Thomas Jefferson on March 5, He entered duty on May 2, , and served until March 3, He had already made invaluable contributions to the establishment of the federal government before starting a long career in diplomacy.
James Madison, Fifth Secretary of State
Rise to Prominence
Madison was born in Port Conway, Virginia and raised on the Virginia frontier in Orange County. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in By he was elected to the State Assembly and the Virginia Convention that declared independence from Great Britain. From to Madison sat on the State Executive Council. He was a member of the Second Continental Congress and the Congress of the Confederation. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates from to , the Annapolis Convention of , and the Federal Convention of , where his "Virginia Plan" proposing the general outline of the U.S. federal government formed the basis of debate. During these debates, Madison, along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, penned the Federalist Papers hoping to secure the passage of the federal constitution. Madiso