Because he wanted to
James Madison was not a lawyer. He was never admitted to the bar. He did study law from time to time and did consider becoming a lawyer as a young man -- then he got into government.
James Madison's first job/occupation was a lawyer. He spent day and night studying to be a lawyer, but it was so stressful that he quit (he never quit anything)!
becoming the president!! becoming the president!!
Yes, he was a lawyer in 1771 graduating from what is now present day Princeton University in New Jersey.
James Madison
James Madison, Jr.
James Madison's father's name is James Madison, Sr.
James Madison's father, James Sr., worked on a plantation planting tobacco. He later inherited the plantation. He purchased additional property and eventually became the largest landowner in Orange County, Virginia.
Dolley Payne Todd Madison was the wife of James Madison.
James Madison did not have a middle name. Therefore, his full name was James Madison - occasionally James Madison Jr., as he shared his name with his father.
he was 59 at death. he was adopted by marriage, Madison had no biological son.
Yes- he father was James Madison, Sr.