James Madison, the "Father of the Constitution ... sponsored the Bill of Rights. As president, Madison helped establish the Democratic-Republican Party of Jeffersonian ideals.

James C. Schmidt has been named as the seventh president of James Madison University during a special announcement and meeting of the Board of Visitors at JMU’s Wilson Hall on Wednesday.

As Thomas Jefferson’s secretary of state, James Madison inadvertently began a pattern in which this cabinet office position would lead directly to the presidency. This would continue until 1828, with ...

James Madison, the "Father of the Constitution ... sponsored the Bill of Rights. As president, Madison helped establish the Democratic-Republican Party of Jeffersonian ideals.