Author:James Madison

James Madison Jr.
(1751–1836)

portrait of James Madison

Works

Inaugural addresses

• First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1809)
• Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1813)

State of the Union addresses

• First State of the Union address (November 29, 1809)
• Second State of the Union address (December 5, 1810)
• Third State of the Union address (November 5, 1811)
• Fourth State of the Union address (November 4, 1812)
• Fifth State of the Union address (December 7, 1813)
• Sixth State of the Union address (September 20, 1814)
• Seventh State of the Union address (December 5, 1815)
• Eighth State of the Union address (December 3, 1816)

Proclamations

• Respecting taking Possession of Part of Louisiana. (1810)

Letters

• Letter to Robert Walsh, November 27, 1819, on the Missouri Compromise
• Letter to Thomas Ritchie, September 15, 1821, mentioning how to best interpret the Constitution.
• Letter to Nicholas Trist, February 15, 1830, on the nature of the government outlined in the Constitution.
• Letter to James Robertson, April 20, 1831
• Letter to William Rives, March 12, 1833, on the subject of nullification.

Collections of letters

• Letters and Other Writings of James Madison (1865):
  • Volume 1: 1769–1798 (transcription project)
  • Volume 2: 1794–1815 (transcription project)
  • Volume 3: 1816–1828 (transcription project)
  • Volume 4: 1829–1836 (transcription project)

Other works

• Virginia Plan (1787)
• The Federalist Papers (1788)
• Report of Secretary of State on a petition from Indiana (1803)
• War Message to Congress (1812)

"Essays, etc."

• Population and Emigration #1, 1791
• Consolidation #2
• Public Opinion #3, 1791
• Money #4, 1791
• Government #5, 1791
• Charters #6, 1792
• Parties #7, 1792
• British Government #8, 1792
• Universal Peace #9, 1792
• Government of the United States #10, 1792
• Spirit of Governments #11, 1792
• Republican Distribution of Citizens #12, 1792
• Fashion #13, 1792
• Property #14, 1792
• The Union - Who are its Real Friends #15, 1792
• A Candid State of Parties #16, 1792
• Who are the best Keepers of the People's Liberties? #17, 1792

Correspondence received

• Letter from Thomas Jefferson, September 1, 1785
• Letter from Thomas Jefferson, September 20, 1785
• Letter from Thomas Jefferson, February 8, 1786
• Letter from Thomas Jefferson, January 30, 1787
• Letter from Thomas Jefferson, September 6, 1789
• Letter from Thomas Jefferson, December 28, 1794

Works about James Madison

• "Madison, James," by John Esten Cooke in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
• "Madison, James," by Freeman Snow in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 15) (1883)
• "Madison, James," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
• "Madison, James," in The Nuttall Encyclopædia, (ed.) by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd. (1907)
• "Madison, James," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• “James Madison” by John Fiske in The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914 (1914)
• "Madison, James," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
• "Madison, James," by R. C. McGrane in The Encyclopedia Americana, New York: The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation (1920)
• "Madison, James," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)

Presidential proclamations

• Proclamation 5447 - Ronald Reagan, March 17, 1986
• Proclamation 5620 - Ronald Reagan, March 16, 1987
• Proclamation 5776 - Ronald Reagan, March 16, 1988

On his works

• "Federalist, The," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)