A Brief Biography of James Madison (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

Originally published in 1912 as a portion of the author’s larger “Our Presidents and Their Office,” this Kindle edition, equivalent in length to a physical book of approximately 20 pages, describes the life and career of the fourth President of the United States, James Madison.Sample passage:In 1784 Madison retired from Congress, under a vicious law denying reelections, and at once became a member of the Virginia Assembly. He gave himself almost wholly to matters of Virginia commerce—especially her relations with Maryland and with England. There were questions of ports of entry, projects for deepening the upper Potomac for navigation and for a canal from the Potomac to the Delaware, and problems of the relations of the State with the Confederation. In 1786 Madison was appointed as one of five Virginia delegates to a convention of the States at Annapolis to consider the whole situation. Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York sent delegates—eleven in all. North Carolina, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire promised delegates, but none came. The Convention would have been a failure, had not the eleven agreed to issue a call for a convention in May next year at Philadelphia.About the author:William Estabrook Chancellor (1867-1963) was an American professor (College of Wooster, Ohio), historian, and writer. Other works include “The United States: A History of Progress,” “Educational Sociology,” and “The Health of the Teacher.”