James Madison was a founding father who served as two terms as the fourth president of the United States of America. He was a supporter for a strong federal government, as he wrote first drafts of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. This earned Madison the nickname, “Father of the Constitution.” Madison is most famous for co-writing the Federalist Papers, co-founding the Democratic-Republican Party, and initiating the War of 1812 against Britain.
James Madison Jr. was born on March 16, 1751 in Port Conway, Virginia. He was the oldest of twelve children, seven of which lived to adulthood, of James Madison Sr. and Nellie Conway Madison. As a kid, he suffered from psychosomatic and stress-induced seizures,