Table of Contents
List of Illustrations xi
Notes on Contributors xiii
Acknowledgments xix
Introduction 1 Stuart Leibiger
1 James Madison’s Political Thought: The Ideas of an Acting Politician 4 Jack N. Rakove
2 James Madison’s Journey to an “Honorable and Useful Profession, ” 1751–1780 21 Paul Douglas Newman
3 James Madison, 1780–1787: Nationalism and Political Reform 39 Adam Tate
4 James Madison and the Grand Convention: “The Great Difficulty of Representation” 56 Gordon Lloyd and Christopher Burkett
5 James Madison and the Ratification of the Constitution: A Triumph Over Adversity 74 Kevin R. C. Gutzman
6 James Madison in The Federalist: Elucidating “The Particular Structure of this Government” 91 Michael Zuckert
7 James Madison, Republican Government, and the Formation of the Bill of Rights: “Bound by Every Motive of Prudence” 109 Alan Gibson
8 James Madison in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1789–1797: America’s First Congressional Floor Leader 127 Carey Roberts
9 James Madison and the National Gazette Essays: The Birth of a Party Politician 143 Denver Brunsman
10 James Madison, the Virginia Resolutions, and the Philosophy of Modern American Democracy 159 Garrett Ward Sheldon
11 James Madison’s Secretary of State Years, 1801–1809: Successes and Failures in Foreign Relations 176 Mary Hackett
12 President James Madison’s Domestic Policies, 1809–1817: Jeffersonian Factionalism and the Beginnings of American Nationalism 192 Aaron N. Coleman
13 President James Madison and Foreign Affairs, 1809–1817: Years of Principle and Peril 207 David J. Siemers
14 James Madison’s Retirement, 1817–1836: Engaging the Republican Past, Present, and Future 224 James H. Read
15 James Madison and George Washington: The Indispensable Man’s Indispensable Man 241 Stuart Leibiger
16 James Madison and Thomas Jefferson: A “Friendship Which Was For Life” 259 Jeffry H. Morrison
17 James and Dolley Madison and the Quest for Unity 274 Catherine Allgor
18 James Madison and Montpelier: The Rhythms of Rural Life 292 David B. Mattern
19 James Madison and the Dilemma of American Slavery 306 Jeff Broadwater
20 James Monroe’s Political Thought: The People the Sovereigns 324 Arthur Scherr
21 James Monroe, 1758–1783: Student and Soldier of the American Revolution 343 Daniel Preston
22 James Monroe and the Confederation, 1781–1789: The Making of a Virginia Statesman 359 Robert W. Smith
23 James Monroe in the 1790s: A Republican Leader 375 William M. Ferraro
24 James Monroe as Governor of Virginia and Diplomat Abroad, 1799–1810: A Revolution of Principles and the Triumph of Pragmatism 391 David A. Nichols
25 James Monroe as Secretary of State and Secretary of War, 1809–1817: Toward Republican Strategic Sobriety 405 MackubinThomas Owens
26 James Monroe, James Madison, and the War of 1812: A Difficult Interlude 421 J.C.A. Stagg
27 President James Monroe’s Domestic Policies, 1817–1825: “To Advance the Best Interests of Our Union” 438 Michael J. McManus
28 President James Monroe and Foreign Affairs, 1817–1825: An Enduring Legacy 456 Sandra Moats
29 The Domestic Life of James Monroe: The Man at Home 472 Meghan C. Budinger
30 James Monroe and Thomas Jefferson: Republican Government and the British Challenge to America, 1780–1826 489 Michael Schwarz
31 James Monroe and James Madison: Republican Partners 505 Brook Poston
32 James Madison and James Monroe Historiography: A Tale of Two Divergent Bodies of Scholarship 521 Peter Daniel Haworth
References 541
Index 558