

As a leader in the first Congresses, he drafted many basic laws and was responsible for the first ten amendments to the Constitution (said to be based on the Virginia Declaration of Rights), and thus is also known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights".

In 1788, he wrote over a third of the Federalist Papers, still the most influential commentary on the Constitution.

Considered to be the "Father of the Constitution", he was the principal author of the document. Madison was the last founding father to die. was an American politician and the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817), and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. For James Madison, Episcopal Bishop and president of the College of William & Mary, see.
