James Madison is known as the father of the Constitution. Unfortunately, he's also the father of the War of 1812 and the Embargo act of 1807. The first was a disastrous conflict that burned down the White House, the second was a well-intentioned policy that totally failed and plunged the American economy into depression. From his time helping create the modern American government to his year's building the Jeffersonian-Republican Party and his two terms in the (badly burnt) White House, we'l...

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04.) James Madison 1809-1817

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01.) George Washington 1789-1797

0.) Introduction

02.) John Adams 1797-1801

03.) Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809

04.) James Madison 1809-1817

05.) James Monroe 1817-1825

06.) John Quincy Adams 1825 - 1829

07.) Andrew Jackson 1829 - 1837

08.) Martin Van Buren 1837-1841

09.) William Henry Harrison 1841-1841

A.) Sam Houston, The Raven

10.) John Tyler 1841-1845

11.) James K. Polk 1845-1849

12.) Zachary Taylor 1849-1850

13.) Millard Fillmore 1850-1853

14.) Franklin Pierce 1853-1857

15.A.) James Buchanan's life, legacy, and sexuality; an interview with Thomas Balcerski

15.) James Buchanan 1857-1861

16.) Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865

16.A.) Lincoln's balancing act, emancipation and reconstruction, an interview with Louis Masur

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