Creating the United States

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James Madison (1751–1836), a large plantation and slave owner from Orange County, Virginia, was the fourth president of the United States (1809–1817). Madison was part of the coterie of nationalists who wrote the Federal Constitution in 1787, ushering in the new federal government in 1789. Madison drafted the Bill of Rights and shepherded them through Congress. After serving as Thomas Jefferson’s secretary of state, he was elected president in 1808.
 James Madison (1751–1836), a large plantation and slave owner from Orange County, Virginia, was the fourth president of the United States (1809–1817). Madison was part of the coterie of nationalists who wrote the Federal Constitution in 1787, ushering in the new federal government in 1789. Madison drafted the Bill of Rights and shepherded them through Congress. After serving as Thomas Jefferson’s secretary of state, he was elected president in 1808.