James Madison - Founders

March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836
Brief Overview of Achievements

• Father of the Constitution
• Among Founding Fathers of the United States.
• Considered to be the "Father of the Constitution", he was the principal author of the document.
• Wrote over a third of the Federalist Papers, including Federalist #10 on Faction. The Federalist Papers remain the most influential commentary on the Constitution.
• The first President to have also served in the United States Congress
• was responsible for the first ten amendments to the Constitution (said to be based on the Virginia Declaration of Rights), and thus is also known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights"
• Madison's most distinctive belief was that the new republic needed checks and balances to protect individual rights from the tyranny of the majority.

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