Title: Madison and Constitution Timeline Original CoS Document (slug): [[https://conventionofstates.com/files/madison-and-constitution-timeline-1|madison-and-constitution-timeline-1]] Login Required to view? No Attached File: Madison_and_Constitution_Timeline.pdf Created: 2022-06-20 17:31:40 Updated: 2023-06-20 23:00:00 Published: 2022-06-20 01:00:00 Converted: 2025-04-14T20:04:30.805543189 ---- {{:cb_mirror_public:media:files_15999_pdfto001.png?nolink&918x1188 |background image}} **Timeline of James Madison and the Constitution ** 1751    Born in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia on the estate      named Montpelier (largest landowner in piedmont region growing tobacco)     Sickly as a child and adult, short in height     Completed classical studies at the College of New Jersey (later      named Princeton) 1772    Returned to Montpelier where he studied law (never practiced) 1774    Member of the Committee of Safety that oversaw the local     militia 1775    Commissioned as colonel in Orange County militia 1776    Delegate to the Virginia Convention  1779    Youngest member of the Continental Congress 1784     Returned to Virginia House of Delegates (congress) Population of the United States at 3,000,000 1787    Convened what would become known as the Constitutional      Convention 1787-1788  Wrote Federalist Papers to people of New York to persuade on      ratification of Constitution 1789     Elected to US House of Representatives     Chief supporter of Washington’s policies but later broke with      him over issues such as a national bank 1791    Introduced and guided passage of the Bill of Rights 1799    Returned to Virginia House of Delegates and campaigned for      Jefferson’s presidency 1801-1808  Served as secretary of state, supervised Louisiana Purchase 1808    Elected as President of the United States, led the country during the War of         1812 1817    Retired to Montpelier 1826    Served as rector of the University of Virginia (founded by     Jefferson) 1836    Died at age 85