When James Madison was on his deathbed ... You can see it in Madison’s notes on the Constitutional Convention, where so much ...

In The Federalist No. 10, James Madison famously described this ... which will ever subsist between them." When the Constitutional Convention assembled on the morning of September 17, 1787 ...

The provisions caused no significant debate at the Constitutional Convention, and James Madison described them in The Federalist No. 44 as “fall[ing] within reasonings which are either so ...

From the column: "(Benjamin Franklin) wrote that other forms of government have descended into despotism — governments run by ...

Having recently reread James Madison’s Journal of the Federal Convention, (the last time being in college) reminded me of the old adage that “he who speaks last, speaks first.” Ben Franklin did not ...

The Fayette County Genealogical Society met Monday, April 21, for a program featuring David Tillis portraying Thomas ...

America’s Constitutional Convention occurred in ... a series of 85 newspaper columns written by political leaders James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, under the pen name Publius.

As a delegate to the Constitutional Convention ... This "elective monarch" (in the words of note-taker James Madison), would also serve "during good behavior," meaning indefinitely, without ...

As Thomas Jefferson’s secretary of state, James Madison inadvertently began a pattern in which this cabinet office position would lead directly to the presidency. This would continue until 1828, with ...