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James Madison Presidents of the decade of 1810 James Madison was the fourth President of the United States of America. He served in the office of President from the years of 1809 to the year 1817. As put by his predecessor John Adams, “Despite a thousand faults and blunders, his administration has acquired more glory and established more union than all three of his predecessors.” James Madison was the first United States Executive to serve actively in the field under gunfire as Commander- in- chief of the United States armed forces. He went personally to the battlefield at Bladensburg, Maryland on August 24th 1814, in an effort to stop the British assault on Washington D.C. While he had never previously served in the military, he directed the fire of Commodore Joshua Barney’s navel battery, one of the units who put up effective resistance. However, two militia regiments broke and ran under fire. In the end the British captured Washington. James Madison has been called the father of the constitution. He was the person who planned our system of checks and balances that regulate the executive; legislative; and judicial branches, which is still in effect today. During Madison’s presidency states, united, james, war, madison’s, madison, presidency, 1812, year, while, washington, union, under, two, thousand, territory, served, put, president, out, one, military, lead, john, first, fire, faults, executive, during, despite, charter, british, blunders, being, been