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James Madison

President of the United States from 1809 to 1817 (1751–1836)

18 dated entries naming James Madison, drawn from 13 separate years between 1751 CE and 1836 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

  • 1751March 16 – James Madison, fourth President of the United States (died 1836)source
  • 1780August 29 – Richard Rush, United States Attorney General under James Madison, United States Secretary of the Treasury under President John Quincy Adams (died 1859)source
  • 1790June 20 – Compromise of 1790: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton come to an agreement: Madison agrees to not be "strenuous" in opposition for the assumption of state debts by the federal government; Hamilton agrees to support the capital site being above the Potomac.source

19th century

  • 1808November – James Madison defeats Charles C. Pinckney in the U.S. presidential election.source
  • 1808November 8 – 1808 United States presidential election: James Madison defeats Charles C. Pinckney, winning 122 electoral votes to Pinckney's 47. Ten of the 17 states choose their electors by popular vote; the rest choose through state legislatures. George Clinton, who is separately elected as vice president, gets six electoral votes for president.source
  • 1809March 4 – James Madison is sworn in as the fourth president of the United States, and George Clinton is sworn in for a second term as the fourth vice president.source
  • 1811U.S. President James Madison, in his message to Congress, says: "We have seen the British Cabinet not only persist, in refusing satisfaction demanded for the wrongs we have already suffered, but it is extending to our own waters that blockade, which is become a virtual war against us, through a stoppage of our legitimate commerce."source
  • 1812April 4 – U.S. President James Madison enacts a 90-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.source
  • 18124 April – U.S. President James Madison enacts a ninety–day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.source
  • 1812June 1 – War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the U.S. Congress to declare war on Great Britain.source
  • 1812November 5 – 1812 United States presidential election: James Madison defeats DeWitt Clinton.source
  • 1813March 4 – James Madison is sworn in as President of the United States for his second term, and Elbridge Gerry is sworn in as Vice President of the United States.source
  • 1814November 23 – Vice President Elbridge Gerry dies from heart failure. The office remains vacant through the remainder of James Madison's presidency.source
  • 1815March 1 – Georgetown University's congressional charter is signed into law, by President James Madison.source
  • 1817March 3 – On his last day in office, U.S. President James Madison vetoes John C. Calhoun's Bonus Bill as unconstitutional after it has passed both houses of the U.S. Congress. Stephen Minicucci, Internal Improvements and the Union, 1790–1860, Studies in American Political Development (2004), 18: p.160-185, (2004), Cambridge University Presssource
  • 1817March 3 – President James Madison vetoes John C. Calhoun's Bonus Bill.source
  • 1833August 20 – Future United States President Benjamin Harrison is born in Ohio. From this date until the death of Former U.S. President James Madison on June 28 1836, a total of 18 Presidents of the United States (2 former, 1 current, and 15 future) are living; which is more than any other time period in U.S. history.source
  • 1836June 28 – James Madison, 85, 4th President of the United States (born 1751)source

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