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James Madison
Middle Life
After graduating he was unsure of what he wanted to do but transitioned to politics and was a local member of the Orange County Committee of Safety in 1774 before being elected to the Virginia Legislature in 1776
He began making ties with Thomas Jefferson in 1776 and worked closely with him when Jefferson became governor of Virginia and Madison served on the governors council
Madison served on the continental congress from 1780-1783 gaining a reputation for thought out arguments and bringing multiple interests together
In preparation for the Constitutional Convention with the Articles of Confederation failing he wrote the Virginia Plan which became the framework of the Constitution, with 3 branches of government so that one branch does not have too much power
Madison, along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, wrote the Federalist Papers, a series of 85 published essays to explain what the new Constitution would look like and how it would work
Madison compiled a list of 19 proposals, from hundreds, and worked with a committee to get these down to 12 which would become the Bill of Rights
In 1794 a recent widow, Dolley Payne Todd, was introduced to Madison by Aaron Burr. James and Dolley married later that year. They did not have any children of their own but Madison helped raise Dolley's son John Payne Todd
In 1801, following Madison's fathers death, James Madison and Dolley inherited Montpelier and moved to the plantation also inheriting the 100+ enslaved people who worked on the plantation
The Madison's moved to Washington DC in 1801 after Thomas Jefferson became president and named Madison Secretary of State. Before this Madison was planning to retire from politics
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Early Life
Born 3/15/1761 in Port Conway, Virginia. He was the oldest of 12 children
Lived in a small plantation house with his family called Mount Pleasant in Orange County Virginia. The plantation enslaved labor force constructed a brick Georgian structure that became the Madison's home and was named "Montpelier"
He began his schooling at home under his mother and when he was ages 11-16 he began being instructed by Donald Robertson at school in King and Queen County. At this time he became interested in math, geography, both modern and classical languages and philosophy.
He chose to continue his schooling at the College of New Jersey, now Princeton, and became the first graduate student in their school history
Late Life
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He grew a love of farming while retired and read many books of how to get the best crops of wheat and tobacco but his plantation did not make much money because of unaccounted for weather and pests
During retirement he worked on editing his notes from the Constitutional Convention and other papers as a gift to his wife to support her when he passed (in selling the writings)
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