What was the educational background of James Madison?

Answer 1

A student of history and government, well-read in law, he participated in the framing of the Virginia constitution in 1776. He went to college of New Jersey (now called Princeton University, graduated in 1771)

Answer 2

James Madison attended a school headed by Donald Robertson in King and Queen County, Virginia, from 1762 to 1767. He returned home to be tutored by a Princeton graduate, Thomas Martin, and later attended the College of New Jersey (Princeton) from 1769 to 1771.

Answer 3

James Madison was an excellent public speaker and had skills that included diplomacy. He was heroic and became an excellent soldier. He also married well and had a wife who was good at endearing their family to the American public.

Answer 4

He received his bachelor of arts degree from the College of New Jersey in 1771 and remained for six months studying under President John Witherspoon, whose intellectual independence, Scottish practicality, and moral earnestness profoundly influenced him.

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Answer 5

James Madison was Americaâ??s 4th president, and is considered to be the smallest at 100 pounds. He got his degree at Princeton University.

Answer 6

Madison went to Princeton . There was not much choice of curriculum. He studied the classics- Greek, Hebrew and Latin and philosophy with some history and science.

Answer 7

The fifth President of the United States had significant education for the day. James Madison attended both the Campbelltown Academy and the College of William and Mary in Virginia.