OVERVIEW:
BORN:
March 16, 1751;
Port Conway, Virginia
DIED:
June 28, 1836:
Montpelier in Orange County, Virginia
EDUCATION:
College of New Jersey (now Princeton)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic Republican
HIGHLIGHTS:
1774:
Orange County Committee on Safety
1776-1777:
Virginia General Assembly
1780-1783, 1787-1788:
Continental Congress
1787:
Delegate to Constitutional Convention
1789-1797:
U.S. House of Representatives
1799:
Virginia General Assembly
1801-1809:
U.S. Secretary of State
1809-1817:
4th President of the United States
1829:
Delegate to Virginia Constitutional Convention
FIRST LADY:
VICE PRESIDENTS:
RESOURCES:
BIOGRAPHIES:
White House
Montpelier
Department of State
Biographical Directory of Congress
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia
PAPERS:
Founders Online (National Archives)
Library of Congress
American Presidency Project (UCSB)
Rotunda (UVA Press $)
GENERAL BACKGROUND:
Montpelier
NOTABLE BOOKS:
1808 ELECTION:
DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN:
JAMES MADISON (PRESIDENT)
GEORGE CLINTON (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 122 (69.7%)
FEDERALIST:
CHARLES PINCKNEY (PRESIDENT)
RUFUS KING (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 47 (26.9%)
1809 INAUGURATION:
Inaugural Address
Library of Congress
Wikipedia
1812 ELECTION:
DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN:
JAMES MADISON (PRESIDENT)
ELBRIDGE GERRY (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 128 (58.7%)
FEDERALIST/ DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN:
DEWITT CLINTON (PRESIDENT)
JARED INGERSOLL (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote 89 (40.8%)
1813 INAUGURATION:
Inaugural Address
Library of Congress
Wikipedia
MADISON ADMINISTRATION:
ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Caesar A. Rodney (1807–1811)
William Pinkney (1811–1814)
Richard Rush (1814–1817)
POSTMASTER GENERAL
Gideon Granger (1801–1814)
Return J. Meigs, Jr. (1814–1823)
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY:
Paul Hamilton (1809–1812)
William Jones (1813–1814)
Benjamin W. Crowninshield (1815–1818)
SECRETARY OF STATE:
Robert Smith (1809–1811)
James Monroe (1811–1817)
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
Albert Gallatin (1801–1814)
William Jones (1813-1814, Acting)
George W. Campbell (1814)
Alexander J. Dallas (1814–1816)
William H. Crawford (1816–1825)
SECRETARY OF WAR:
William Eustis (1809–1813)
John Armstrong (1813–1814)
James Monroe (1814–1815)
Alexander J. Dallas (Acting, 1815)
William H. Crawford (1815–1816)
George Graham (Acting, 1816–1817)
SUPREME COURT NOMINATIONS:
Gabriel Duvall (1811-1835)
Joseph Story (1812-1845)
Alexander Wolcott (Rejected by Senate)
CONGRESS:
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
Joseph Bradley Varnum (1807-1811)
Henry Clay (1811-1814)
Langdon Cheves (1814-1815)
Henry Clay (1815-1820)
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