James_Madison

James Madison James Madison was perhaps the hardest working & most widely respected man of his day. Commonly hailed as the Father of our Constitution, Madison had more to do with its Conception than did any other man. A strong Republican, he was later elected President of the United States. Born in to an aristocratic family in Port Conway, Virginia, he was the eldest of 12 children. He entered the College of New Jersey in 1769. He graduated in 1771, Completing a four-year degree in two years. He then studied theology, history, & law, both at The college & on his own. His public career began in 1774 when he was appointed a member Of the King George County Committee for Public Safety in Virginia at the age of 23. Madison spent the rest of his life in service to his nation. He was a member of the Virginia constitutional committee. Madison supported religious toleration for the separation of church & state. In this work he found a life-long partner & friend in Thomas Jefferson. In 1779 Madison was elected to represent the state of Virginia to the Continental Congress. Washington & Madison organized the Alexandria Conference in order to settle commercial dispute between madison, virginia, war, president, jefferson, elected, state, representatives, public, new, james, convention, years, maryland, after, states, several, order, notes, man, jersey, great, first, every, constitution, been, wrote, work, washington, very, until, though, thomas, term, success