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President James Madison
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James Madison
becomes the 4th President in 1809, serving until 1817.
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George
Cliniton was Madison's first Vice
President but first served under President Jackson.
Vice President Clinton having died in office on April 20,
1812, leaves the President Pro Tempore, William H. Crawford, of
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Dolly
Madison (Dolley Payne Todd) They had no children. |
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Madison was a
Democratic-Republican from
Virginia.
The war of 1812 was declared against Great Britain. |
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"In
these my confidence will under every difficulty be best placed,
next to that which we have all been encouraged to feel in the
guardianship and guidance of that Almighty Being whose power
regulates the destiny of nations, whose blessings have been so
conspicuously dispensed to this rising Republic, and to whom we
are bound to address our devout gratitude for the past, as well
as our fervent supplications and best hopes for the future."
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"The problem to be
solved is, not what form of government is perfect, but which of
the forms is least imperfect." - President James Madison.
"A popular Government without popular information, or the
means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a
tragedy; or, perhaps both." - President James Madison. |
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President James Madison begins second term as President.
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Vice Pres. |
Madison's
second Vice President was Elbridge Gerry.
The word "gerrymander" was coined to describe the oddly shaped
district his party created in 1811.
Gerry signed the Declaration of
Independence and Articles of Confederation.
He was born in Marblehead, Essex County,
Massachusetts on July
17, 1744.
He died in office on November 23, 1814 in
Washington, D.C
The President Pro Tempore of the Senate, John Gaillard, was next
in line to succeed to the presidency. |
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The War of 1812 ended
in 1814 marking the end of economic dependence on Great Britain.
Both of Madison's Vice Presidents died in office. |
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Inaug. Addr. |
"... I should be compelled to shrink
if I had less reliance on the support of an enlightened and
generous people, and felt less deeply a conviction that the war
with a powerful nation, which forms so prominent a feature in
our situation, is stamped with that justice which invites the
smiles of Heaven on the means of conducting it to a successful
termination" - President James Madison, Second Inaugural
Address. |
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"It is a
principle incorporated into the settled policy of America, that
as peace is better than war, war is better than tribute." -
President James Madison, letter to the Dey of Algiers, August,
1816.
"The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted." -
President James Madison.
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the
freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of
those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." -
President James Madison. |
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James Madison was
born March 16, 1751 in Port Conway, King George County,
Virginia.
Madison died on June 28, 1836 in Montpelier, Orange County,
Virginia. |
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Executive Jumps -
G Washington
- J Adams -
T
Jefferson - J Madison -
J Monroe -
J Q
Adams - A Jackson -
- M Van Buren -
W
H Harrison - J Tyler -
J Polk -
Z Taylor -
M Fillmore -
F Pierce
- J Buchanan -
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Lincoln - A Johnson -
- U S Grant -
R B Hayes
- J Garfield -
C
Arthur - G Cleveland -
B Harrison -
G
Cleveland - W McKinley -
T Roosevelt -
- W Taft
- W Wilson -
W Harding
- C Coolidge -
H
Hoover - F D Roosevelt -
H Truman -
D D Eisenhower
- J F Kennedy -
- L B Johnson -
R Nixon -
G Ford -
J Carter -
R Reagan -
G H W Bush
- B Clinton -
G W Bush
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- Methodology -
TimeLine of the Presidency -
Inauguration Speeches
- Party Platforms
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The Early Presidents
- Distinctions of the
Presidencies
Black
American Patriots -
President's Day -
Rhymes about the
Founding Fathers
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