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James Madison was born in King George County, Va., on the 16th of March, 1751. He was the son of James Madison, the family being of English descent, and among the early settlers of Virginia. Was fitted for college by private tutors, and entered Princeton College in 1769, graduating in 1771; remained a year at college pursuing his studies. After this he returned to Virginia and began the practice of law. In 1776 was elected a member of the general assembly of Virginia, and in 1778 was appointed a member of the executive council. In the winter of 1779-80 was chosen a delegate to the. | A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents 1 A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents by Edited by James D. Richardson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Section 4 of 4 of Volume 1 James Madison Author Edited by James D. Richardson Release Date January 31 2004 EBook 10895 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK JAMES MADISON Produced by Juliet Sutherland David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. A COMPILATION OF THE MESSAGES AND PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTS. BY JAMES D. RICHARDSON A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents James Madison 2 March 4 1809 to March 4 1817 James Madison James Madison was born in King George County Va. on the 16th of March 1751. He was the son of James Madison the family being of English descent and among the early settlers of Virginia. Was fitted for college by private tutors and entered Princeton College in 1769 graduating in 1771 remained a year at college pursuing his studies. After this he returned to Virginia and began the practice of law. In 1776 was elected a member of the general assembly of Virginia and in 1778 was appointed a member of the executive council. In the winter of 1779-80 was chosen a delegate to the Continental Congress of which body he continued an active and prominent member till 1784. The legislature of Virginia appointed him in 1786 a delegate to a convention at Annapolis Md. to devise a system of commercial regulations for all the States. Upon their recommendation a convention of delegates from all the States was held in Philadelphia in May

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