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James Madison
Fourth President of the United States
1809-1817
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Date of Birth: March 16, 1751
Place of Birth: Port Conway, Virginia
Date of Death: June 28, 1839
Place of Death: Montpellier, Virginia
Prior Occupation: Lawyer
Party: Democratic-Republican
Wife: Dolley Dandridge Payne Todd
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Term: 1809-1813
Vice President: George Clinton
-1809-
- Inaugurated as president (March)
- Robert Smith becomes Secretary of State (March)
- Paul Hamilton becomes Secretary of the Navy (May)
- Non-intercourse act with Britain re-instated (August)
-1810-
- revival of "Chesapeake Crisis" requested (January)
- Non-intercourse act repealed - until future incidents with England or France (May)
-1811-
- Non-importation act passed (March)
-1812-
- war close at hand, Madison gears up (January)
- Vice President Clinton died, a first time a vice president died in office(April)
- War of 1812 began (June)
-1813-
- William Jones becomes Secretary of the Navy (January)
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Term: 1813-1817
Vice President: Elbridge Gerry
-1813-
- Innaugurated for second term (March)
-1814-
- George Washington Campbell becomes Secretary of the Treasury (February)
- Richard Rush becomes Attorney General (February)
- British burned Washington, D.C., the president had left previously on horseback (August)
- Secretary of defense, Armstrong, resigned (September)
- James Monroe takes Armstrong's place (September)
- United States won war of 1812 upon signing of treaty by Britain (December)
-1815-
- Treaty of Ghent ratified (February)
- End of War of 1812 now official (February)
-1816-
- Created Second Bank of the United States (April)
-1817-
- vetoed bill for internal improvements (March)
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