James Madison

Defender of the American Republic

By: Barbara Bennett Peterson (Editor), Donald Dewey (Editor)

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Paperback | 16 January 2011

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This book follows the life of James Madison, our 4th president, who at the tender age of twenty-five was thrust into significant politics as an elected member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. Even in his first venture into statesmanship, Madison took notes on constitutional deliberations, a practice that he would continue in the Federal Convention that proposed the United States Constitution and throughout much of his legislative career whether in Philadelphia, New York City, or Williamsburg, Virginia. Just as most of our knowledge of the framing of the U.S. Constitution is provided by Madison''s painstaking notes of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, much of our knowledge of George Mason''s many contributions to the Virginia Constitution of 1776 are also known through Madison''s efforts.

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Non-Fiction History Earliest Times to Present Day Modern History from 1700 to 1900 Regional & National History History of the Americas Politics & Government Political Structure & Processes Political Leaders & Leadership Biographies & True Stories Biographies Historical, Political and Military Biographies

Introduction
Preface
Foreword
Statesman in Training
Learning Legislative Mastery
"Vacation" in Virginia
Father of the Constitution
Victory for the Constitution
Implementing the Constitution
Secretary of State
The Fourth President
Marching Almost to War
Commander in Chief
Depths to Heights: Washington, New Orleans, Ghent
Waging Peace, 1815-1817
Two Busy Decades of Retirement
Legacy of President James Madison
Index
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