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Thomas Jefferson appointed his good friend James Madison as secretary of state
James Madison
one of his friends was James Madison
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson was succeeded by James Madison who served from 1809 to 1817.
James Madison and Thomas Jefferson were great friends who helped each other when they were need.
Along with Thomas Jefferson, James Madison was a Democratic-Republican.
James Madison and Thomas Jefferson drafted these documents to try and declare the acts of the Federalists were tyrant.
Madison followed Thomas Jefferson.
James Madison was his best friend
The president after Thomas Jefferson and before James Monroe is James Madison.