More about James Madison

• Along with John Jay and Alexander Hamilton, he was a co-author of the Federalist Papers.
• When the British Army invaded Washington during the War of 1812, Dolley Madison rescued a portrait of George Washington, along with other valuables from the White House, and fled the city.
• When he took office, there were 7 million people living in the United States.
• "A popular Government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy; or, perhaps both."