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MADISON, James, Jr. (1751-1836)

Democrat-Republican, President of the United States

0th congressional district

Total roll-call votes cast: 358

Previously served in the House as a Democrat-Republican (1789-1797)

Note: This member has cast relatively few votes and so their ideological score may be unstable or inaccurate. Members who have cast at least 100 votes have more reliable scores.

Biography

a Delegate and Representative from Virginia and fourth President of the United States; born in Port Conway, King George County, Va., March 16, 1751; studied under private tutors and graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1771; member of the committee of safety from Orange County in 1774; delegate in the Williamsburg, Va., convention of May 1776; member of the first general assembly of Virginia in 1776 and unanimously elected a member of the executive council in 1778; Delegate to the Second Continental Congress, 1780-1781; Delegate to the Confederation Congress, 1781-1783 and 1787-1788;delegate to the Federal Constitutional Convention in 1787; signed the U.S. Constitution; elected to as an Anti-Administration candidate to the First Congress, Second and Third Congresses and reelected as a Democratic Republican to the Fourth Congress (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1797); declined the mission to France, tendered by President Washington in 1794, and also the position of Secretary of State, tendered the same year; again a member of the Virginia assembly from Orange County in 1799; appointed by President Jefferson as Secretary of State on March 5, 1801; entered upon the duties of that office, May 2, 1801, and served until March 4, 1809; elected President of the United States in 1808; reelected in 1812 and served from March 4, 1809, to March 3, 1817; retired to his estate, "Montpelier," Orange County, Va.; delegate in the Virginia constitutional convention of 1829; rector of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville and visitor to the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.; died at Montpelier on June 28, 1836; interment in the private cemetery of Montpelier.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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