List of Illustrations xi
Notes on Contributors xiii
Acknowledgments xix
Introduction 1
Stuart Leibiger
1 James Madison’s Political Thought: The Ideas of an Acting
Politician 4
Jack N. Rakove
2 James Madison’s Journey to an “Honorable and Useful
Profession, ” 1751–1780 21
Paul Douglas Newman
3 James Madison, 1780–1787: Nationalism and Political Reform
39
Adam Tate
4 James Madison and the Grand Convention: “The Great Difficulty
of Representation” 56
Gordon Lloyd and Christopher Burkett
5 James Madison and the Ratification of the Constitution: A
Triumph Over Adversity 74
Kevin R. C. Gutzman
6 James Madison in The Federalist: Elucidating “The Particular
Structure of this Government” 91
Michael Zuckert
7 James Madison, Republican Government, and the Formation of the
Bill of Rights: “Bound by Every Motive of Prudence” 109
Alan Gibson
8 James Madison in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1789–1797:
America’s First Congressional Floor Leader 127
Carey Roberts
9 James Madison and the National Gazette Essays: The Birth of a
Party Politician 143
Denver Brunsman
10 James Madison, the Virginia Resolutions, and the Philosophy
of Modern American Democracy 159
Garrett Ward Sheldon
11 James Madison’s Secretary of State Years, 1801–1809:
Successes and Failures in Foreign Relations 176
Mary Hackett
12 President James Madison’s Domestic Policies, 1809–1817:
Jeffersonian Factionalism and the Beginnings of American
Nationalism 192
Aaron N. Coleman
13 President James Madison and Foreign Affairs, 1809–1817: Years
of Principle and Peril 207
David J. Siemers
14 James Madison’s Retirement, 1817–1836: Engaging the
Republican Past, Present, and Future 224
James H. Read
15 James Madison and George Washington: The Indispensable Man’s
Indispensable Man 241
Stuart Leibiger
16 James Madison and Thomas Jefferson: A “Friendship Which Was
For Life” 259
Jeffry H. Morrison
17 James and Dolley Madison and the Quest for Unity 274
Catherine Allgor
18 James Madison and Montpelier: The Rhythms of Rural Life
292
David B. Mattern
19 James Madison and the Dilemma of American Slavery 306
Jeff Broadwater
20 James Monroe’s Political Thought: The People the Sovereigns
324
Arthur Scherr
21 James Monroe, 1758–1783: Student and Soldier of the American
Revolution 343
Daniel Preston
22 James Monroe and the Confederation, 1781–1789: The Making of
a Virginia Statesman 359
Robert W. Smith
23 James Monroe in the 1790s: A Republican Leader 375
William M. Ferraro
24 James Monroe as Governor of Virginia and Diplomat Abroad,
1799–1810: A Revolution of Principles and the Triumph of Pragmatism
391
David A. Nichols
25 James Monroe as Secretary of State and Secretary of War,
1809–1817: Toward Republican Strategic Sobriety 405
MackubinThomas Owens
26 James Monroe, James Madison, and the War of 1812: A Difficult
Interlude 421
J.C.A. Stagg
27 President James Monroe’s Domestic Policies, 1817–1825: “To
Advance the Best Interests of Our Union” 438
Michael J. McManus
28 President James Monroe and Foreign Affairs, 1817–1825: An
Enduring Legacy 456
Sandra Moats
29 The Domestic Life of James Monroe: The Man at Home 472
Meghan C. Budinger
30 James Monroe and Thomas Jefferson: Republican Government and
the British Challenge to America, 1780–1826 489
Michael Schwarz
31 James Monroe and James Madison: Republican Partners 505
Brook Poston
32 James Madison and James Monroe Historiography: A Tale of Two
Divergent Bodies of Scholarship 521
Peter Daniel Haworth
References 541
Index 558
Stuart Leibiger is Associate Professor and Chair of the History Department at La Salle University. He is the author of Founding Friendship: George Washington, James Madison and the Creation of the American Republic (1999). Leibiger has worked on the editorial staffs of the Papers of George Washington and the Papers of Thomas Jefferson and is an Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer.
“For this reason, A Companion to JamesMadison and James Monroe should find a home in every academic library in theUnited States.” (Journal of American History, 5 November 2013)
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