Did james madison sign the US Constitution?

Answer 1

In1787, James Madison, a delegate at the Constitutional Convention, met to improve the Articles of Confederation as it did not give Congress enough power to make states work together. Congress also did not have the power to collect taxes to repay its debts involving the American Revolution. Congress did not have an army and relied upon state militia to maintain order among individual states. Thus, Madison and others devised a Federal system where the state's share power with a central (National) government.

He felt this would maintain state order and protect the rights of people. Madison became president in 1808 with the advent of the War of 1812 in his concurrent presidency.