Definition of James Madison

1. Noun. 4th President of the United States; member of the Continental Congress and rapporteur at the Constitutional Convention in 1776; helped frame the Bill of Rights (1751-1836).


Lexicographical Neighbors of James Madison

James Howard Meredith
James Hutton
James I
James II
James IV
James Ives
James Jerome Hill
James John Corbett
James Joseph Tunney
James Joyce
James K. Polk
James Knox Polk
James Langston Hughes
James Leonard Farmer
James Lind
James Madison (current term)
James Maitland Stewart
James Marshall Hendrix
James Mason
James Matthew Barrie
James McKeen Cattell
James Meredith
James Merritt Ives
James Michener
James Mill
James Monroe
James Murray
James Naismith
James Neville Mason
James Parkinson

Literary usage of James Madison

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 by United States President (1897)
"James Madison. APRIL 29, 1816. To the House of Representatives of the United States: I transmit to the House of Representatives a report f of the Secretary ..."

2. Library of Southern Literature by John Calvin Metcalf (1909)
"James Madison [1751—1836] EDGAR DAWSON James Madison, famous as the father of the Federal Constitution, was a member of the landed aristocracy which ..."

3. The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans: With Biographical by James Herring, James Barton Longacre (1854)
"The house of his parents, James Madison and Nelly Conway, was in Orange county, where he resided through life. In his father's lifetime it was a plain brick ..."

4. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson, Albert Ellery Bergh, Richard Holland Johnston, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States (1905)
"... April 30, 1808 38 To General Henry Dearborn, April 29, 1808 40 To the Secretary of State (James Madison), April 30, 1808 40 To William Lyman, April 30, ..."

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