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James Madison - Wikipedia  James Madison Jr was an American political theorist and statesman, who served as the fourth ... His collaboration with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay produced The .... Years earlier Madison had pored over crates of books that Jefferson sent him .... that the amendments be incorporated into the body of the Constitution.
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VP John Calhoun - U.S. Senate  John C. Calhoun assumed office as the nation's seventh vice president on ... Adams, in turn, had appointed Clay secretary of state, a nomination that .... of State James Monroe, he introduced the war bill that Congress approved in June 1812. .... But even this rigorous course of study could not adequately prepare him for the...
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James Madison facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ...  Madison read John Locke, Isaac Newton, Jonathan Swift, Joseph Addison, David ... and a lively, humorous way in small groups that made him a welcome and ... overall but was forbidden to act except with the approval of the eight-member council. ..... What Clay, Calhoun, and other War Hawks did in 1811 and 1812 was not...
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U.S. Senate: Nominations  The vast majority are routinely confirmed, while a very small but sometimes highly .... 1795, and one associate justice turned down a promotion to chief justice in 1796. ... Madison then appointed Smith to the state department post, despite serious ... Taney the post, making him the first cabinet nominee to be openly rejected.
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VP John Tyler - U.S. Senate  To this body [the Senate] is committed in an eminent degree, the trust of .... In the 1830s John Tyler identified himself with the Democratic party but .... The Whigs turned to the selection of a vice-presidential candidate as somewhat of an afterthought. ... him to the assembled delegates, who voted their unanimous approval.
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Bushrod Washington  George Washington's Mount Vernon  Relationship to George Washington: Nephew ... The appointment was originally set to be given to future Chief Justice John Marshall, but, ... The Senate confirmed Bushrod on December 20th, 1798, and he took his commission the same day. ... The Supreme Court Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) provides this portrait of...
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James Madison | Thomas Jefferson's Monticello  It was, of course, under Madison's presidency that Jefferson's personal library was .... 26 Jefferson did not name Madison specifically, perhaps due to Monroe's worry ... The original mansion on the Madison estate in Orange County was built by James ... James Madison Sr. died in 1801, leaving Montpelier to his eldest son.
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James Madison - Wikipedia  James Madison Jr was a political theorist, American statesman, and the fourth President of the ... Madison succeeded Jefferson as President in 1809, was re-elected in 1813, .... During the American Revolutionary War, Madison served in the Virginia state ..... Some former members (such as John Quincy Adams, Madison's...
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1787: Chief Justice Nomination Rejected -- December 15, 1795  1787: Chief Justice Nomination Rejected -- December 15, 1795. ... By a vote of 10 to 14, it rejected President George Washington's nomination of South Carolina's John ... Born to one of Charleston's elite families, John Rutledge rapidly gained ... Senate quickly confirmedRutledge as the first U.S. Supreme Court's senior...
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Unsuccessful nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States ...  Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are nominated by the President and are ... Because he had been a recess appointment, Rutledge served as Chief Justice for one term. Washington .... The Senate rejected this nomination by a vote of 2433. .... Alito was confirmed by a vote of 5842 on January 31, 2006.
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John Tyler - Wikipedia  John Tyler (March 29, 1790  January 18, 1862) was the tenth President of the United States ... He was put on the ticket to attract states' rights Southerners to what was then a .... His political opinions were shaped by Bishop James Madison, the college's .... Tyler declined to seek renomination in late 1820, citing ill health.
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Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia  The amendment supersedes Article I, 3, Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which senators were elected by state legislatures. ... The amendment was proposed by the 62nd Congress in 1912 and adopted in 1913 upon being ratified by three-fourths (36) of the state legislatures.
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Delegates to the Constitutional Convention: Edmund J. Randolph  He recommended that a Second General Convention be called. ... the ratification of the Constitution, due to the persuasion of James Madison. ... He sat on the Committee of Detail that prepared a draft of the Constitution, but ... Under President Washington, Edmund Randolph became Attorney General of the United States.
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US Presidents -- Madison, Monroe, Adams - Pages 4 Ever  Monroe also served as a member of the Senate, and President Washington named ... When Adams appointed Clay his Secretary of State, Jackson's supporters...
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James Monroe - Wikipedia  James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States, serving between 1817 and 1825. .... In early 1776, about a year and a half after his enrollment, Monroe dropped .... Out of office, Monroe returned to practicing law in Virginia until elected ... Monroe had little to do with the War of 1812, as President Madison and the...
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James Madison And Church-State Separation | Americans United  The "Remonstrance" lists 15 reasons why state-supported religion is a bad idea. ... Opposition to the Henry measure poured into the Virginia statehouse from all over ... Madison soon had the opportunity to take his views on religious freedom to the ... fears of states, some of whom wanted to retain their established churches.
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Both of James Madison's Vice Presidents died while in office ...  Elbridge Gerry--- James Madisons 2nd term Vice President .... And who will end up in the vice president's office*? ..... His Vice-Presidents were: George Clinton 1809-1813; Elbridge Gerry 1813-1814. ..... He established with President Thomas Jefferson the Democrat-Republican Party and became president himself in 1808.
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Supreme Court Appointments, 1789-1801: Criteria ... - JStor  What factors influence appointments to the Supreme Court? Too ... he nominated John Jay of New York; for associate justices, Jo .... Wilson's friends therefore sought his appointment as chief justice. ...... President Washington refused to make the off ... in Maryland; but after ratification Chase became an ardent Federalist.
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Why the Constitution's Framers didn't want us to directly elect the ...  Oct 17, 2012 ... But, on balance, the Framers' decision not to let the people directly elect ... As the Committee of Eleven conceived the office of presidential elector, these were not to ... of the original 13 states, didn't hold a popular vote in connection with a ... chosen by others (and note that the Constitution bars any member...
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Nat's Trivia: Historic Americans  May 5, 2009 ... He turned down an appointment as a U.S. senator in 1875 because it meant accepting a pardon for treason. Jefferson Davis 1/3 correct...
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Lesson Two - Massachusetts Historical Society  John Adams was born in 1735 in Braintree, Massachusetts. ... In 1776 he served with Thomas Jefferson on the ... briefly in 1779 to draft the state constitution, and was sent back to France that ... Articles of Confederation to be proposed to the States. ... was not beloved by the most of his Colleagues from Virginia and Mr.