James Madison was born on March 16 1751, in Fort
             Caonway Virginia.He came from a somewhat wealthy
             family of Virginia plannters. Madison was educated
             at The college of New Jersey, Wich is now known as
             princeton. He graduated in 1771, continued his
             studies for another year, and then returned home in 1772. He first became involved in politics by joining the
             Commitee of Safety in 1774. Two years later he Joined
             the Virginia Constitution convention,and earned the
             title 'Father of the Constitution' by writing a large
             Portion of the ammendments. James Madison joined the
             first Legislature in 1777, and played a major roll in
             both the Virginia plan, ang the Great Compromise. He
             assisted Alexander Hamelton, and John Jay in Writing
             the Federalist papers. The Federalist Papers were
             written to convince people tobecome Federalists. He
             signed twenty-nine out of eighty-five of these under
             the psuedonym, Publius. Madison led the Proradification
             forces in the Virginia ratifying convention. He added
             several ammendments to the constitution. He married
             Dolley Payne Todd in 1797, who was approximately 20
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