James Madison
The fourth president of the United States of America
Basic Presidential Information
Term: 2 terms 1809-1817
Party: Democratic-Republican Party
Vice President: Elbridge Gerry, George Clinton
Election Opponents: Charles C. Pickney, George Clinton, DeWitt Clinton
America At This Time
*Revising constitution
*War of 1812
*Bad foreign affairs with France and Britain
Key People of the Presidency
- James Monroe: Secretary of State/ Secretary of War
- Andrew Jackson: War general, won battle of New Orleans
- Thomas Jefferson: Wrote Mississippi Compromise
- War Hawks: Henry Clay, John Calhoun; pressed for more military policy
"The advice nearest to any heart and my deepest in my convictions is that the union that the states be cherished and perpetuated."
Economic Policies
*Vetoed the second charter of the 1st national bank, he did not believe in federal banking
*After War started chartered 2nd bank of the United States
Foreign Policies
*Recently resumed trade with foreign world
*Continued embargo on France and Britain
*Treaty of Ghent
Domestic Policies
*Market Economy emerged (factory employment rises)
*John Marshal over rules state legislation in Fletcher v. Peck
*Louisiana admitted as 18th state in the nation