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If it included persuasion by convincing, Mr. Madison was the most
eloquent man I ever heard."
Patrick Henry, letter to unidentified
correspondent
November 12, 1790
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 Born |
March
16, 1751, Port Conway, King George County, Virginia; son of James
Madison Sr. (family emigrated to Virginia in 1653) and Nelly Conway
[Madison]. |
| Education |
Studied
under private tutors and was graduated from the College of New Jersey,
now Princeton) in 1771. |
| Religion |
Episcopalian |
| Family |
At
the age of 43 married Dolly Paine Todd on September 15, 1794; they
had no children. |
| Accomplishments |
Committee
of Safety for Orange County, Virginia (1774)
General Assembly of Virginia (1776)
Virginia Council of State (1778-79)
Continental Congress (1780-83; 87-88)
Virginia House of Delegates (1784-86)
Annapolis Convention (1786)
Constitutional Convention (1787)
Co-author, The Federalist Papers (1787-88)
United States House of Representatives (1789-97)
Secretary of State (1801-09)
President of the United States (1809-17)
Rector of the University of Virginia (1826-36) |
| Died |
June
28, 1836, at his home, Montpelier, in Virginia, where he is buried.
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| Last Words
| "Nothing
more than a change of mind, my dear." |
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