James Madison, 4th president of the Untied States, was born March 16, 1751, in Virginia.
In popular culture, he is outshone by his wife Dolley Payne Todd Madison. She assisted the 3rd president, Thomas Jefferson, as hostess at White House functions. As Madison’s wife she essentially invented the unofficial position of First Lady. She is most famous for her rescue of a Gilbert Stuart painting of George Washington and government papers from the White House before it was burned by the British in the War of 1812.
Perhaps Madison’s greatest accomplishment came before his presidency. He was one of the major authors of the Constitution and so is called the Father of the Constitution. He was also one of three men, the others being Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, to write the Federalist Papers, essays urging the ratification of the new Constitution by the various states. In addition,he proposed a package of twelve amendments to the Constitution, ten of which were approved and are known as the Bill of Rights.
Madison died in 1836, the last surviving Founding Father.
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