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  • He had in mind Elbridge Gerry and James Madison, who had recently retired from Congress.†  (source)
  • "My name is Madison, James Madison," I said.†  (source)
  • It was in Richmond that Jefferson and James Madison crafted the statute separating church and state that would later inform the First Amendment of the Constitution.†  (source)
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  • Among the acquaintances and colleagues who march across the pages of his diary are Sam Adams (a kinsman), John Hancock, Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Lafayette, John Jay, James Madison, James Monroe, John Marshall, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Hart Benton, John Tyler, John C. Calhoun, Daniel Webster, Lincoln, James Buchanan, William Lloyd Garrison, Andrew Johnson, Jefferson Davis and many others.†  (source)
  • James Madison Howland, born in New Hampshire, and Ole Jenson, born in Sweden, both proved that they were free American citizens by grunting, "I don't know whether I got any or not," or "Well, you can't expect me to get it delivered by noon."†  (source)
  • Carroll Virginia John Blair— James Madison Jr. North Carolina Wm.†  (source)
  • Of the nine, most of whom knew me and who averted their eyes from my person, I spoke only to James Madison, "Black Jim" as he was known.†  (source)
  • When James Madison was elected the fourth president of the United States in 1809, Dolley became one of the nation's most beloved First Ladies.†  (source)
  • We passed exit after exit to Harrisonburg and the turnoffs for James Madison University.†  (source)
  • At the same time, James Madison undertook a version of his own resolutions for Virginia.†  (source)
  • Frank swallowed and smiled, rose, and shook hands with me as Barthelme explained, "This is the new man, James Madison."†  (source)
  • Kennicott, Sam Clark, Jackson Elder, young Dr. McGanum, and James Madison Howland, teetering on their toes near the stove, conversed with the sedate pomposity of the commercialist.†  (source)
  • You can barely go fifty feet without hitting a historical marker for the place this army crossed, or that guy died, or where James Madison lived—†  (source)
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