Madison, James

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1. A political leader of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; one of the Founding Fathers. Madison was a member of the Continental Congress. A leader in the drafting of the Constitution, he worked tirelessly for its adoption by the states, contributing several essays to The Federalist Papers. He served as president from 1809 to 1817, after Thomas Jefferson. The United States fought the War of 1812 during his presidency. He was married to one of the most celebrated of presidents' wives, Dolley Madison.

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Example Sentences

Lee topped a surfeit of towering Virginians — Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Marshall, George Mason, Patrick Henry — as Richmond’s choice, sparking a heated debate in newspapers of the day.

From Washington Times • Jun. 14, 2020

That spring and summer, the three old cable-car lines — Madison, James, Yesler — along with the Queen Anne Counterbalance, were disassembled.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2020

Convention heavyweights James Madison, James Wilson, and John Dickinson also supported Mason’s proposal, but it failed in the end by a vote of three states to eight.

From Time • Feb. 23, 2016

It was only six years ago that a biologist at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, James Thomson, isolated the first human stem cells from in vitro embryos.

From Time Magazine Archive

Madison, James, opposes Jay Treaty, 210; and the Farewell Address, 224; letter of W. to, 158; 156, 159, 160, 161, 163, 165, 168, 194, 242.

From George Washington by Thayer, William Roscoe