James Madison, a leading framer of the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, an author of the Federalist Papers, and the fourth President of the United States was born in Port Conway, Virginia, on March 16, 1751.



Review Madison's Notes on the Federal (Constitutional) Convention of 1787, his speech in Congress introducing his proposed amendments to the Constitution, and his contributions to the Federalist Papers. A brief biography of James Madison is available from the White House.