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what led James Madison to run for president
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James Madison was the president in 1814 when this event occurred. The British did not exactly capture the city. It was a hit-and-run attack. They left after torching some of the key government buildings and focused on Fort McHenry and the harbor of Baltimore which had much greater strategic importance.
No, James Madison had two fulls terms as president and decided to retire from politics. The 1816 election was between Monroe and New York Senator Rufus King, in which Monroe won in a landslide winning all but three states.
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well, James Madison was a republican who wanted the government to be run by the middle class citizens of the U.S.
James Madison was one of the founding fathers, a leader in Revolution and in the colonial government. He is often considered the Father of the Constitution. The people decided he had earned a turn as president and elected him .
Thomas Jefferson was Secy of State in the George Washington Presidency from (1790-93) went on to become the 2nd VP & the 3rd Pres of the US .Till date 7 Secy of State has become President of the US. James Monroe served twice as Secy of State & once as Secy of War once from (1811-1817) under the 4th Pres and he succeeded Monroe as the 5th President on March 4,1817-1825 for 2 terms.
President James Madison believed that huge disagreements could be mediated by accommodating the defeated party by stretching its defeat over the long run. By doing this, the short and medium terms could take the defeat less catastrophic. Madison believed that a continuous and incremental change is naturally less traumatic than a sudden one.As an aside, this is why Abraham Lincoln, both as a private citizen and as US president, sought a gradual and compensated emancipation of slaves.
He ran from the state of Illinois. He had been a U.S. senator from that state before running for president.
Polk ran and was elected in 1844.
James Monroe