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====== Madison and Constitution Timeline ======


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| \\ \\ \\ \\ {{:public:cb_mirror:files_15999_pdfto001.png?nolink&918x1188|}}\\ \\ **Timeline of James Madison and the Constitution **\\ \\ 1751\\ \\    \\ \\ Born in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia on the estate \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\ named Montpelier (largest landowner in piedmont region growing tobacco)\\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\ Sickly as a child and adult, short in height\\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\ Completed classical studies at the College of New Jersey (later \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\ named Princeton)\\ \\ 1772\\ \\    \\ \\ Returned to Montpelier where he studied law (never practiced)\\ \\ 1774\\ \\    \\ \\ Member of the Committee of Safety that oversaw the local\\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\ militia\\ \\ 1775\\ \\    \\ \\ Commissioned as colonel in Orange County militia\\ \\ 1776\\ \\    \\ \\ Delegate to the Virginia Convention \\ \\ 1779\\ \\    \\ \\ Youngest member of the Continental Congress\\ \\ 1784 \\ \\    \\ \\ Returned to Virginia House of Delegates (congress)\\ \\ Population of the United States at 3,000,000\\ \\ 1787\\ \\    \\ \\ Convened what would become known as the Constitutional \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\ Convention\\ \\ 1787-1788\\ \\  \\ \\ Wrote Federalist Papers to people of New York to persuade on \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\ ratification of Constitution\\ \\ 1789 \\ \\    \\ \\ Elected to US House of Representatives\\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\ Chief supporter of Washington’s policies but later broke with \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\ him over issues such as a national bank\\ \\ 1791\\ \\    \\ \\ Introduced and guided passage of the Bill of Rights\\ \\ 1799\\ \\    \\ \\ Returned to Virginia House of Delegates and campaigned for \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\ Je\\ \\ ff\\ \\ erson’s presidency\\ \\ 1801-1808\\ \\  \\ \\ Served as secretary of state, supervised Louisiana Purchase\\ \\ 1808\\ \\    \\ \\ Elected as President of the United States, led the country during the War of \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\ 1812\\ \\ 1817\\ \\    \\ \\ Retired to Montpelier\\ \\ 1826\\ \\    \\ \\ Served as rector of the University of Virginia (founded by\\ \\  \\ \\  \\ \\ Je\\ \\ ff\\ \\ erson)\\ \\ 1836\\ \\    \\ \\ Died at age 85|


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|Created:                 |2022-06-20 21:31 GMT|
|Updated:                 |2023-06-21 03:00 GMT|
|Published:               |2022-06-20 05:00 GMT|
|Converted:               |2025-11-11 12:23 GMT|
|Change Author:           |Christopher Nelson  |
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