Video: 'James Madison - 4th U.S. President & Father of the Constitution| Mini Bio | BIO'

(Saturday, March 16, 1751) — James Madison, the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817 and the “Father of the Constitution” for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the Constitution and Bill of Rights, was born James Madison Jr. today at Belle Grove Plantation near Port Conway in the Colony of Virginia.

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