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James Madison
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James Madison was an American statesman who helped shape the United States Constitution at the Constitutional Convention and co-authored the Federalist Papers defending it. He later served as the fourth president of the United States.
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Madison was one of the three authors, writing under the pseudonym Publius alongside Alexander Hamilton and John Jay.
Madison drafted the amendments in the First Congress, despite having argued during the ratification debates that a bill of rights was unnecessary.
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