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1. 1750James Madison was born on March 16, 1751 (March 5, 1750, Old Style), at Belle Grove plantation near Port Conway, Colony of Virginia.
2. 1769He enrolled at the College of New Jersey in 1769 and stayed on to study Hebrew and political philosophy under John Witherspoon.
3. 1787In 1787 he helped create the Virginia Plan, which became the basis for the Constitutional Convention's deliberations.
4. 1787With Alexander Hamilton and John Jay he wrote The Federalist Papers, 85 essays urging ratification of the Constitution, begun in October 1787.
5. 1789In the First Congress he introduced the Bill of Rights on June 8, 1789; ten amendments were ratified on December 15, 1791.
6. 1794He married the widow Dolley Payne Todd on September 15, 1794, and died at his Montpelier plantation in Virginia on June 28, 1836.
7. 1801With Thomas Jefferson he organized the Democratic–Republican Party, and he served as Jefferson's Secretary of State from 1801 to 1809.
8. 1809As fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817, he led the country into the War of 1812 against Britain.