James Madison, Jr.

1751 - 1836  (85 years)

• Name	James Madison
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	16 Mar 1751	Port Conway, King George, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Jun 1836	Montpelier, Orange, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I3093	My Family Tree | McGee-Christensen
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	James Madison,   b. 27 Mar 1723, Port Conway, King George, Virginia, USA ,   d. 27 Feb 1801, Orange County, Virginia, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Eleanor Rose Conway,   b. 9 Jan 1731, Port Conway, King George, Virginia, USA ,   d. 11 Feb 1829, Orange County, Virginia, USA  (Age 98 years)
  Married	13 Sep 1749	Port Conway, King George, Virginia, USA
  	James Madison, Sr. was a prominent Virginia planter, who served as a colonel in the militia during the American Revolutionary War. He inherited Mount Pleasant, later known as Montpelier, a large tobacco plantation in Orange County, Virginia. James eventually acquired more property totally over 5,000 acres and became the largest landowner in the county. He was father to U.S. President James Madison, who inherited what he called Montpelier.
  Family ID	F1111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dolley Payne,   b. 20 May 1768, New Garden, Guilford, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 12 Jul 1849, Washington, District of Columbia, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Married	15 Sep 1794	Harewood, Virginia, USA
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F1189	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 Mar 1751 - Port Conway, King George, Virginia, USA Married - 15 Sep 1794 - Harewood, Virginia, USA Died - 28 Jun 1836 - Montpelier, Orange, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		James Madison by Charles Willson Peale, 1783 Painted when Madison was a 32-year-old member of the Continental Congress
  		Engraving of James Madison by David Edwin between 1809-1817
  		James Madison portrait Painted by John Vanderlyn (1775-1852). This painting is located in the White House collection.
  		Portrait of James Madison about 1821 By Gilbert Stuart. Located in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
  		James Madison about 1829 Painted by Chester Harding (1792-1865) and currently located in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington
  		Montpelier Home of James Madison located in Orange, Virginia
  		President James Madison Memorial at the United States Capitol Statue of President James Madison located at the Library of Congress James Madison Memorial Building. The James Madison Memorial Building of the Library of Congress is an unusual combination of a national shrine contained in a working building. In the James Madison Memorial Hall, sits a heroic statue by Walker Hancock. It depicts Madison as a man in his thirties, sitting erect in a chair that is draped with a cloak; his right foot projects beyond the statue's self base. In his right hand is a volume of the Encyclopedie Methodique, which was first on Madison's 1783 list of books that would be useful to the Congress. Hancock sculpted the statue at his Massachusetts studio, and it was carved from a 30-ton block of Carrara marble in Italy. Madison's life dates are carved on the curved front of the pink Tennessee marble pedestal.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Constitution of the United States (first page) James Madison is referred to as the "Father of the Constitution" due to his pivotal role the development of this document. During the course of the Convention, Madison spoke over two hundred times, and his fellow delegates rated him highly. William Pierce wrote that "... every Person seems to acknowledge his greatness. In the management of every great question he evidently took the lead in the Convention ... he always comes forward as the best informed Man of any point in debate." Madison recorded the unofficial minutes of the convention, and these have become the only comprehensive record of what occurred.
  		Original Treaty of the Louisiana Purchase (first page) Napoléon Bonaparte of France sold the Louisiana territory to Madison and Jefferson in 1803 for $15,000,000 or 42 cents an acre. This land deal of the millennium doubled the size of the United States.
  		1820 US Census for James Madison Name: James Madison Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Orange, Virginia Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820 Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2, 10 thru 15:3, 16 thru 25:1, 26 thru 44:2, 45 and over:2 Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:2, 45 and over:2 Slaves - Males - Under 14: 20, 14 thru 25:13, 26 thru 44:11, 45 and over:16 Slaves - Females - Under 14:20, 14 thru 25:9, 26 thru 44:10, 45 and over:13 Foreigners not Naturalized: 1 Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures: 7 Free White Persons - Under 16: 5, Over 25: 8 Total Free White Persons: 14 Total Slaves: 112 Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 126
  		1830 US Census for James Madison Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Orange, Virginia Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:1, 70 thru 79:1, 50 thru 59:1 Slaves - Males - Under 10: 23, 10 thru 23:14, 24 thru 35:5, 36 thru 54:9, 55 thru 99:5 Slaves - Females - Under 10: 18, 10 thru 23:12, 24 thru 35:1, 36 thru 54:6, 55 thru 99:4 Slaves and Colored Persons - Blind: 2 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1 Total Free White Persons: 3 Total Slaves: 97 Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 100
  		James Madison Letter to Thomas Jefferson, 10 November 1821 The letter discusses books.

  
  

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  Histories » Slide Show		Map of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803
  		Madison Family Tree Holograph family tree by James Madison, prepared between 1813-1819 Source: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
  		"Hoisting of American Colors over Louisiana" Painting depicting first raising of the USA flag with the Louisiana Purchase, in main plaza (now Jackson Square), New Orleans. Ceremony was March 10, 1804 [1] Painted by Thure de Thulstrup on commission to commemorate centennial of the event. The painting has been praised for the research and historical accuracy which went into the period depiction. Painting is on display in the Cabildo Museum. Painted in 1904 by Thure de Thulstrup (1848-1930).
  		James Madison and religious liberty (1902) by Gaillard Hunt Source: The Library of Congress
  		James Madison, Shaping of America, 1783-1815: Biographies