ABSTRACT
A key architect of the U.S. Constitution of 1787 and one of the most significant American figures in the history of the relationship between politics and religion. Madison (1751-- 1835), who was born in Virginia and educated at Princeton, was a co-author of the influential Federalist Papers, a series of commentaries on the Constitution aimed at building support for its ratification, and the major author of the U.S. Bill of Rights (1789). H e served as secretary of state under President Thomas Jefferson and then was twice elected president himself, in 1808 and 1812.
