What You Should Know About the U.S. Presidents

What You Should Know About the U.S. Presidents — page 5
250 ANNIVERSARY James Madison 4th President of the U S Democratic-Republican Party Served 1809-17 Elected 1808 and 1812 State of birth Virginia Courtesy National Gallery of Art Washington D C Alisa Mellon Bruce Fund 1979 4 2 SIGNIFICANCE James Madison is called the Father of the Constitution because of his instrumental role at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 As a member of the U S House of Representatives he sponsored the first 10 amendments to the Constitution better known as the Bill of Rights He also served as secretary of state under Thomas Jefferson Madison served two terms as the fourth president of the United States during which time the United States and Great Britain fought the War of 1812 to a stalemate DID YOU KNOW James Madison’s portrait is on the front of the U S 5,000 bill no longer in circulation Madison wrote 29 of the 85 Federalist papers Madison’s wife Dolley is credited with creating the role of first lady as a political partner Madison and his wife had to flee the White House in 1814 when British troops set fire to it Madison a slave owner was president of the American Colonization Society which of the president sought to resettle freed slaves in Africa FORMER OFFICES secretary of state member of the U S House of Representatives from Virginia VICE PRESIDENTS George Clinton and Elbridge Gerry FIRST LADY Dolley Madison