Selected Works of James Madison

Selected Works of
James Madison

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Books and Collections

Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 — Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia, an essential guide to interpreting the intent of the Framers, but not published until 1840, following his death.
The Federalist Papers, with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay — Published in several New York newspapers in 1787-88. Arguments for ratification of the proposed Constitution.
Virginia Report — 1800. Set forth much of the "doctrine of '98".
Selected Quotes — Taken from his writings.
A James Madison, Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention, 1840, W. W. Norton (1987). The definitive record of the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
A James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, The Federalist, Bantam Classics (1982). Explanation of the proposed Constitution and arguments for adopting it.
A Ed. by John Kaminsky et al., Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Wisconsin Historical Society Press (2008). Complete collection now up to Vol. 22, but earlier volumes out of print. Some parts of some volumes may have printing defects, such as loss of punctuation.
A Jonathan Elliot, ed., The debates in the several state conventions on the adoption of the federal Constitution, as recommended by the general convention at Philadelphia, in 1787, orig. pub. 1840, Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library (2006). Contains speeches of Madison in Virginia Ratifying Convention.
A James Madison, ed. by Gaillard Hunt, The Writings of James Madison: Comprising His Public Papers and His Private Correspondence Including Numerous Letters and Documents Now for the First Time Printed, Library Reprints (2000). Previous nearly complete collection.
A James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, ed. by James Morton Smith, The Republic of Letters: The Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison 1776-1826, W. W. Norton (1995). Complete collection.
A James Madison, ed. by William T. Hutchinson, William M. E. Rachal, The Papers of James Madison, U. Chicago Press (1967). Beginning of complete collection later taken up by U. Virginia A A.
A James Madison, ed. by Jack Rakove, James Madison: Writings: Writings 1772-1836, Library of America (1999). Collection selected by similar criteria to ours, relevance to constitutional interpretation.
A James Madison, Letters and other writings of James Madison: Fourth president of the United States, J.B. Lippincott (1865). Good collection for its time, some spelling issues.
A James Madison, ed. by Saul Padover, The Complete Madison: Basic Writings, Easton (1953). Good collection for its time, but some selections are only excerpts.
A James Madison, ed. by Ralph Ketcham, Selected Writings of James Madison, Hackett Publishing (2006). Collection selected more with political and biographical focus.
A House of Representatives, The Journal of the House of Representatives. James Madison Administration 1809-1817. Volume 5 Twelfth Congress, First Session (V. 2) April-July, 1812 (The Congressional Journals of the United States. Part I of the National State Papers of the United States Series, 1789-1817), Michael Glazier (1777). Official records.
A Senate, The Journal of the Senate including The Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate. James Madison Administration 1809-1817. Volume 4. Twelfth Congress, First Session November, 1811 - July, 1812 (The Congressional Journals of the United States. Part I of the National State Papers of the United States Series, 1789-1817), Michael Glazier (1777). Official records.

The revolution and the confederation, 1772-1787

To William Bradford, November 9, 1772
To William Bradford, January 24, 1774
To William Bradford, April 1, 1774
Amendments to the Virginia Declaration of Rights, May 29-June 11, 1776
To Thomas Jefferson, March 27, 1780
To Thomas Jefferson, April 16, 1781
Observations on State Territorial Claims, May 1, 1782
Memorandum on Conversation Regarding the Continental Army, February 20, 1783
Speech in the Continental Congress on Revenue, February 21, 1783
To Edmund Randolph, May 1783
To Lafayette, March 20, 1785
Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments, c. June 20, 1785
To James Monroe, August 7, 1785
To Caleb Wallace, August 23, 1785
To George Washington, December 9, 1785
To James Monroe, March 19, 1786
To Thomas Jefferson, August 12, 1786
To James Monroe, September 11, 1786
To George Washington, December 7, 1786
To Edmund Pendleton, February 24, 1787
To Thomas Jefferson, March 19, 1787
Vices of the Political System of the United States, April 1787
To George Washington, April 16, 1787

Framing and ratifying the constitution, 1787-1789

The Virginia Plan, May 29, 1787
Speeches in the Federal Convention on Factions and on the Revisionary Power, June 6, 1787
To Thomas Jefferson, June 6, 1787
Remarks in the Federal Convention on the Senate, June 7, 1787
Remarks in the Federal Convention on the Power to Negative State Laws, June 8, 1787
Speech in the Federal Convention on the New Jersey Plan, June 19, 1787
Speech in the Federal Convention on the General and State Governments, June 21, 1787
Speech in the Federal Convention on the Senate, June 26, 1787
Speech in the Federal Convention on Relations Among the States, June 28, 1787
Speech in the Federal Convention on the Danger of Dissolution, June 29, 1787
Speech in the Federal Convention on Divisions Between the States, June 30, 1787
Speech in the Federal Convention on the Proposed Compromise on State Representation, July 5, 1787
Speech in the Federal Convention on Apportioning Representation, July 11, 1787
Speech in the Federal Convention Opposing Equal Representation in the Senate, July 14, 1787
Remarks in the Federal Convention on Electing the Executive, July 17, 1787
Speech in the Federal Convention on Electing the Executive, July 19, 1787
Speech in the Federal Convention on Impeachment, July 20, 1787
Speech in the Federal Convention on Ratification, July 23, 1787
Speech in the Federal Convention on Electing the Executive, July 25, 1787
Speech in the Federal Convention on Suffrage, August 7, 1787
Speech in the Federal Convention on Control of Congressional Elections, August 9, 1787
To Thomas Jefferson, September 6, 1787
To George Washington, September 30, 1787
To George Washington, October 18, 1787
To Thomas Jefferson, October 24, 1787
To George Washington, November 18, 1787
The Federalist No. 10, November 22, 1787
The Federalist No. 14, November 30, 1787
The Federalist No. 18, December 7, 1787
The Federalist No. 19, December 8, 1787
The Federalist No. 20, December 11, 1787
To Edmund Randolph, January 10, 1788
The Federalist No. 37, January 11, 1788
The Federalist No. 38, January 12, 1788
The Federalist No. 39, January 16, 1788
The Federalist No. 40, January 18, 1788
The Federalist No. 41, January 19, 1788
The Federalist No. 42, January 22, 1788
The Federalist No. 43, January 23, 1788
The Federalist No. 44, January 25, 1788
The Federalist No. 45, January 26, 1788
The Federalist No. 46, January 29, 1788
The Federalist No. 47, January 30, 1788
The Federalist No. 48, February 1, 1788
The Federalist No. 49, February 2, 1788
The Federalist No. 50, February 5, 1788
The Federalist No. 51, February 6, 1788
The Federalist No. 52, February 8, 1788
The Federalist No. 53, February 9, 1788
The Federalist No. 54, February 12, 1788
The Federalist No. 55, February 13, 1788
The Federalist No. 56, February 16, 1788
The Federalist No. 57, February 19, 1788
The Federalist No. 58, February 20, 1788
The Federalist No. 62, February 27, 1788
The Federalist No. 63, March 1, 1788
To Eliza House Trist, March 25, 1788 .
Speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention in Defense of the Constitution, June 6, 1788
Speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention on Direct Taxation, June 11, 1788
Speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention on Taxation, a Bill of Rights, and the Mississippi, June 12, 1788
Speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention on the Militia, June 14, 1788
Speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention on Control of the Military, June 16, 1788
Speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention on the Slave Trade Clause, June 17, 1788
Speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention on the Judicial Power, June 20, 1788
Speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention on Ratification and Amendments, June 24, 1788
To Alexander Hamilton, June 27, 1788
To Alexander Hamilton, July 20, 1788
Observations on the "Draught of a Constitution for Virginia," c. October 15, 1788
To Thomas Jefferson, October 17, 1788
To Thomas Jefferson, The Question of a Bill of Rights, October 17, 1788.
To Edmund Randolph, November 2, 1788
To Edmund Randolph, November 23, 1788
To George Eve, January 2, 1789
To Edmund Randolph, March 1, 1789

Congress and the republican opposition, 1789-1801

Speech in Congress on Presidential Titles, May 11, 1789
Speech in Congress on the Removal Power, June 8, 1789
Speech in Congress on Presidential Removal Power, June 16, 17, 1789
To Edmund Pendleton, June 21, 1789
Remarks in Congress on Proposed Constitutional Amendments, August 15, 1789
Remarks in Congress on the "Most Valuable Amendment," August 17, 1789
To Richard Peters, August 19, 1789 Memorandum on Colonizing Freed Slaves, c. October 20, 1789
To Thomas Jefferson, February 4, 1790
To Benjamin Rush, March 20, 1790
Remarks to Congress on public debt, April 22, 1790
Remarks in Congress During Debate on Militia Bill, December 16, 1790
Speech in Congress on Religious Exemptions from Militia Duty, December 22, 1790
Speech in Congress Opposing the National Bank, February 2, 1791
To Thomas Jefferson, May 12, 1791
Population and Emigration, National Gazette, November 21, 1791
Consolidation, National Gazette, December 5, 1791
Dependent Territories, National Gazette, December 12, 1791
Public Opinion, National Gazette, December 19, 1791
Government, National Gazette, January 2, 1792
Charters, National Gazette, January 19, 1792
Parties, National Gazette, January 23, 1792
Universal Peace, National Gazette, February 2, 1792
Government of the United States, National Gazette, February 6, 1792
Spirit of Governments, National Gazette, February 20, 1792
Republican Distribution of Citizens, National Gazette, March 5, 1792
Fashion, National Gazette, March 22, 1792
Property, National Gazette, March 29, 1792
The Union. Who Are Its Real Friends?, National Gazette, April 2, 1792
Memorandum on Washington's Retirement, May 1792
To George Washington, June 20, 1792
A Candid State of Parties, National Gazette, September 26, 1792
Who Are the Best Keepers of the People's Liberties?, National Gazette, December 22, 1792
To Thomas Jefferson, June 13, 1793
"Helvidius" No 1, August 24, 1793
To Thomas Jefferson, September 2, 1793
To Dolley Payne Todd, August 18, 1794
Speech in Congress on "Self Created Societies," November 27, 1794
To James Monroe, December 20, 1795
Speech in Congress on the Jay Treaty, March 10, 1796
Speech in Congress on the Jay Treaty, April 6, 1796
To Thomas Jefferson, December 19, 1796
To Thomas Jefferson, January 15, 1797
To Thomas Jefferson, c. February 18, 1798
To Thomas Jefferson, April 2, 1798
To Thomas Jefferson, May 13, 1798
Virginia Resolutions Against the Alien and Sedition Acts, December 21, 1798
To Thomas Jefferson, December 29, 1798
Foreign Influence, Aurora General Advertiser, January 23, 1799
Political Reflections, Aurora General Advertiser, February 23, 1799
Report on the Alien and Sedition Acts, January 7, 1800
To Thomas Jefferson, January 10, 1801

Secretary of state and president, 1801-1817

To Robert R Livingston and James Monroe, July 29, 1803
To James Monroe, July 6, 1807
First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1809
Veto Message to Congress, February 21, 1811
To Thomas Jefferson, May 25, 1812
War Message to Congress, June 1, 1812
Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1813
To John Nicholas, April 2, 1813
To John Armstrong, August 13, 1814
Memorandum on the Battle of Bladensburg, c. August 24, 1814
Memorandum on Armstrong's Resignation, August 29, 1814
To Wilson Gary Nicholas, November 26, 1814
Message to Congress on Peace Treaty, February 18, 1815
Seventh Annual Message to Congress, December 5, 1815
Veto Message to Congress, March 3, 1817
Detached Memoranda, c. 1817

Retirement, 1817-1836

To Robert Walsh, March 2, 1819
To Robert J Evans, June 15, 1819
To Spencer Roane, September 2, 1819
To Robert Walsh, November 27, 1819
Doctor Franklin, 1819?
General Washington, 1819?
Bank, 1819?
Monopolies Perpetuities Corporations. Ecclesiastical Endowments, 1819?
Popular elections, 1819?
The "Federalist", 1819?
To James Monroe, February 10, 1820
To Spencer Roane, May 6, 1821
To Spencer Roane, June 29, 1821
Jonathan Bull and Mary Bull, c. 1821
To Edward Livingston, July 10, 1822
To William T Barry, August 4, 1822
To Edward Everett, March 19, 1823
To George Hay, August 23, 1823 — Proposed electing presidential electors by district.
To Thomas Jefferson, June 27, 1823
To Henry Lee, June 25, 1824
To Peter S DuPonceau, August 1824
To Thomas Jefferson, February 8, 1825
To Thomas Jefferson, February 24, 1826
To Nicholas P Trist, July 6, 1826
To Henry Colman, August 25, 1826
To Robert Taylor, January 30, 1826 — Comment on proposed amendment for electing president directly.
To Joseph Cabell, September 18, 1828
To Joseph Cabell, February 13, 1829
Speech in the Virginia Constitutional Convention, December 2, 1829
A Sketch Never Finished Nor Applied, 1830
To Edward Everett, August 28, 1830
To James Robertson, March 27, 1831
To Jared Sparks, April 8, 1831
To Jared Sparks, June 1, 1831
To Mathew Carey, July 27, 1831
To Nicholas P Trist, December 1831
To Nicholas P Trist, May 1832
To Andrew Stevenson, November 20, 1832
To Nicholas P Trist, December 23, 1832
To William Cabell Rives, March 12, 1833
Advice to My Country, 1834
Notes on Nullification, December 1834, ed. Gaillard Hunt
To George Tucker, June 27, 1836

Commentaries by others

From Interposition to Nullification: Peripheries and Center in the Thought of James Madison, K.R. Constantine Gutzman, from Essays in History, Vol. 36, 1994, Univ. of Virginia Dept. of History.
Some of the First Official Meanings Assigned to the Establishment Clause, Jim Allison

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