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.

JMC fellow Michael Breidenbach has recently co-edited a volume on the First Amendment and religious liberty. Several JMC fellows are contributors.

Frederick Douglass was born in February 1818 on the eastern shore of Maryland. He is remembered as one of the greatest figures in the American antislavery movement.

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky. He is best known for his immense impact in leading our nation through a civil war and for ultimately abolishing slavery.

George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Popes Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia. Our first president, he holds the title "father of our country."

JMC faculty partner Thomas Pangle has written a book on Xenophon's depictions of Socrates in the Economist, the Symposium, and the Apology of Socrates to the Jury. The book is due out in April 2020.

One of our oldest founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts.

JMC fellow Alec Arellano has recently written a piece on Tocqueville's view of intellectual independence for the Review of Politics.

Founding father Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11, 1755/57 in Charlestown, St. Kitts and Nevis. He had a significant impact on the development of the Constitution and the National Treasury.

Randal Hendrickson, JMC's Executive Director of Academic Programs, has written a piece on Democracy in America for APSA's RAISE the Vote Campaign.

December 15 marks the 228th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1791.

JMC fellow Natasha Piano has co-edited a collection of essays on Florentine political culture during the Renaissance, Florentine Political Writings from Petrarch to Machiavelli.

JMC fellow Clyde Ray has recently written a book, Defining Statesmanship: A Comparative Political Theory Analysis. It is available for pre-order now and will be released in December 2019.

JMC fellow Gregory Collins has written an article for Perspectives on Political Science discussing Burke, Strauss, and their views of statesmanship.

JMC faculty partner Diana Schaub recently appeared on the National Affairs podcast to discuss her Spring 2014 essay on Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

Panayiotis Kanelos, the president of St. John's College in Annapolis, MD, recently wrote an article for Heterodox Academy on the lasting importance of civil discourse in education.

Robert C. Bartlett has translated and annotated a new edition of Aristotle's "Art of Rhetoric."

JMC Fellow Mark Somos has written a book about the origins of independence in America. It comes out May 2019.

JMC Fellows Erin A. Dolgoy and Kimberly Hurd Hale contribute to a collection that examines the link between classical political philosophy and short stories.

JMC faculty partner Harvey Mansfield wrote a review of the late Leslie Rubin's recently published book on Aristotle and the Founding.

Professor Charles R. Embry shows the profundity of Eric Voegelin's thought in the latest Liberty Law Talk.

Yuval Levin joins The Great Books Podcast to discuss Edmund Burke's contributions to conservative political thought and how his teachings relate to America's Founding principles.

The Library of Law and Liberty published JMC fellows Michael Munger and Nathan Schlueter's exchange over libertarianism's claims about government and human nature.

William Voegeli, a JMC fellow, reviewed Why Liberalism Failed, written by JMC fellow Patrick Deneen.