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James Madison, Father of the Constitution

Founding father James Madison was born on March 16, 1751 in Port Conway, King George County, Virginia. "Father of the Constitution," he had a significant impact on America's structure of government.

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University of Richmond: James Madison as “Father of the Constitution?”

On May 16-18, 2019, the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond, a JMC partner program, will be holding its Marshall Center May Seminar. Several JMC fellows will participate.

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Kinder Institute: How the Founders Made the Constitution Their Valentine

On February 14, 2019, the Kinder Institute at the University of Missouri will host Jonathan Gienapp of Stanford University for a talk on how the Founders made the Constitution their valentine.

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The Reliability of Madison’s Convention Notes

Paul Rahe, a JMC fellow, defends the credibility of Madison's Constitutional Convention notes in the Claremont Review of Books.

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New Scans of Madison’s Notes and Their Significance

Lynn Uzzell writes about why the new scans of James Madison's Notes of the Constitutional Convention impact what we know about American political thought.

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