James Madisons Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 Madison Jr was an ^{Debates in PDF/EPUB é} American politician and the fourth President of the United States – and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States Madison was the last founding father to die Considered to be the Father of the Constitution he was the principal author of the document In he wrote over a third of the Federalist Papers still the most influential commentary on the Constitution As a leader in the first Congresses he drafted many basic laws and was responsible for the first ten amendments to the _{James Madisons MOBI :Ì} Constitution said to be based on the Virginia Declaration of Rights and thus is also known as the Father of the Bill of Rights As a political theorist Madison's most distinctive belief was that the new republic needed checks and balances to limit the powers of special interests which Madison called factions He believed very strongly that the new nation should fight against aristocracy and corruption and was deeply committed to ^{Madisons Debates in the Federal eBook Ù} creating mechanisms that would ensure republicanism in the United StatesAs leader in the House of Representatives Madison worked closely with Madisons Debates in eBook ☆ President George Washington to organize the new federal government Breaking with Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in Madison and Thomas Jefferson organized what they called the republican party later called the Democratic Republican Party in opposition to key policies of the Federalists especially the national bank and the Jay Treaty He secretly co authored along with Thomas Jefferson the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions in to protest the Alien and Sedition ActsAs Jefferson's Secretary of State Madison supervised the Louisiana Purchase doubling the nation's size and sponsored the ill ^{Madisons Debates in the Federal eBook Ù} fated Embargo Act of As president he led the nation into the War of against Great Britain in order to protect the United States' economic rights That conflict began poorly as Americans suffered defeat after defeat by smaller forces but ended on a high note in with the Treaty of Ghent after which a new spirit of nationalism swept the country During and after the war Madison reversed many of his positions By he supported the creation of the second National Bank a strong military and a high tariff to protect the new factories opened during the war.