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“I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents...." ”

—James Madison

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March 16, 1751: President James Madison is Born

On this day in 1751, the fourth president of the United States, James Madison, was born in Virginia. Madison was part of the Democratic-Republican party and served as president from 1809-1817.

James Madison will always be remembered as the “Father of the Constitution,” contributor for framing the Bill of Rights, author of the Federalist papers, participant of the Constitutional Convention, and as president of the United States. 

Learn more with American Experience’s biography of James Madison.

Image: James Madison, 1828, half-length portrait, seated, facing right, with documents in hand (Library of Congress).

“It will not be denied that power is of an encroaching nature, and that it ought to be of effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it. ”

—James Madison
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