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(Tuesday, June 28, 1836, 6:00 a.m. local time) — James Madison, the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817), hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights, died today at his plantation estate Montpelier near Orange, Virginia, of congestive heart failure.

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Madison was 85.