I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment. James Madison
March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836 James Madison, the fourth President of the United States, is a crucial player in the history of the early republic. A brilliant mind, we owe much of the US Constitution to Madison’s thinking, particularly regarding the histories of failed republics in general. Madison secured the Great Compromise of the Constitutional Convention, creating a bi-cameral legislature, helping to shape the division of powers between the federal and state governments, and crafting a series of checks-and-balances among the three branches of government – executive, legislative, and judicial. During the Constitutional Convention, he kept extensive notes earning the sobriquet, Father of the Constitution. Though one of the authors of the FEDERALIST PAPERS, which argued for ratification of the new U.S. Constitution, Madison aligned himself with Jefferson and his followers, known at that time as Republicans, who insisted on a strict interpretation of the Constitution and believed that the states should have more power than the federal government. Once the Constitution was ratified, Madison penned the Bill of Rights.
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Stories and Quotes from the Mind* and Keyboard of A.A.Forringer 
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