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James Madison Jr. (1751–1836)

Fourth President of the United States (1809 – 1817), with George Clinton (1809 - 1812) and Elbridge Gerry (1813 - 1814), succeeding Thomas Jefferson; succeeded by James Monroe. Fifth Secretary of State (1801 - 1809), Democratic-Republican House Representative from Virginia (1789 - 1797); the “father of the Constitution.”

James Madison Jr.

Works

Inaugural addresses

• First Inaugural Address, (1809)
• Second Inaugural Address, (1813)

State of the Union addresses

• First State of the Union address, (1809)
• Second State of the Union address, (1810)
• Third State of the Union address, (1811)
• Fourth State of the Union address, (1812)
• Fifth State of the Union address, (1813)
• Sixth State of the Union address, (1814)
• Seventh State of the Union address, (1815)
• Eighth State of the Union address, (1816)

Proclamations

• Respecting taking Possession of Part of Louisiana. (1810)

Letters

• Letter to Robert Walsh, November 27, 1819, on the Missouri Compromise
• Letter to Thomas Ritchie, September 15, 1821, mentioning how to best interpret the Constitution.
• Letter to Nicholas Trist, February 15, 1830, on the nature of the government outlined in the Constitution.
• Letter to James Robertson, April 20, 1831
• Letter to William Rives, March 12, 1833, on the subject of nullification.

Other works

• Virginia Plan
• The Federalist Papers
• War Message to Congress

Correspondence received

• Letter from Thomas Jefferson, September 1, 1785
• Letter from Thomas Jefferson, September 20, 1785
• Letter from Thomas Jefferson, February 8, 1786
• Letter from Thomas Jefferson, January 30, 1787
• Letter from Thomas Jefferson, September 6, 1789
• Letter from Thomas Jefferson, December 28, 1794

Works about James Madison

• “Madison, James” by John Esten Cooke in The American Cyclopædia, 1879.
• “Madison, James” by Freeman Snow  in Encyclopædia Britannica (9th ed.), 1883.
• “Madison, James,” The New International Encyclopædia. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1905.
• “Madison, James” in The Nuttall Encyclopædia by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd., 1907.
• “Madison, James” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “James Madison” by John Fiske in The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914 (1914)
• “Madison, James,” The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co., 1914.
• “Madison, James” by R. C. McGrane  in The Encyclopedia Americana. New York, 1920.
• “Madison, James,” Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P.F. Collier & Son Co., 1921.

Presidential proclamations

• Proclamation 5447 - Ronald Reagan, March 17, 1986
• Proclamation 5620 - Ronald Reagan, March 16, 1987
• Proclamation 5776 - Ronald Reagan, March 16, 1988

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.