Madison expected to have a major role in drafting the Constitution. He wanted to carefully preserve the thoughts of the delegates. He was also keenly aware that he was preserving history. His diplomacy and care helped earn him the chance to become the 4th President of the United States.
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James Madison
Lawyer, planter, took all the notes of the constitutional convention, member of the VA convention and continental congress. He was also part of the VA legislature. Wrote the Federalist, author of the VA plan, leader of Jeffersonian Republican party, Secretary of state for Jefferson.
He was the offical note taker for the convention and kept complete notes of what happened. He also added ideas to the process.
As head of the Committee on Style at the Constitutional Convention, Gouverneur Morris, delegate from Pennsylvania, is given credit for the final copy of the Constitution of the United States, including the preamble.
James Madison's role at the constitutional convention was to take notes of what every body said.
James Madison held accurate notes during the constitutional convention
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James Madison was the delegate who kept a notebook of daily events.
James Madison... also he never missed a Convention and wrote detailed notes.
Virginian James Madison kept very detailed notes of all that was said throughout the Constitutional Convention. Robert Yates of New York also contributed to the record of the Convention.
George Washington was the presiding officer of the convention and James Madison took the notes.
William Jackson was the secretary of the Constitutional Convention. George Washington was president of the convention. The official proceedings and James Madison's notes were the largest blocks of information recorded from the convention.
James Madison was the man who arrived 3 months earlier to begin the blueprints on the constitution and was also the man who took detailed notes at the constitutional convention.
Yes and he is called the "father of the constitution" because he took all of the notes of the convention.
William Jackson was the secretary of the Constitutional Convention. George Washington was president of the convention. The official proceedings and James Madison's notes were the largest blocks of information recorded from the convention.