Lisette's+Delegate+Project

=**__Delegate Name__**= toc
 * __James Madison__**

__Profile Questions__

 * Question: How about a brief biography? What is your background?**
 * Answer: I, James Madison, was born in 1751 at Port Conway, King George County,Virginia. While my mother was visiting my grandparents. After a while we traveled back** **to Montpelier Estate in Orange County where I received an education from my mother, tutors, and a private school. In 1771 I graduated from the College of New Jersey now Princeton. In 1780 I was chosen to repres****ent Virginia in the continental congress from 1780-1783 and 1786-1788. I was one of the youngest delegates. I proposed the Virginia Plan which asks for a stronger central government, I was a federalist, despite my poor speaking skills to****ok the floor more than 150 times. I had** **jo****urnal that kept record of the debates at the continental congress and it was considered the best record of notes. In** **1794 I** **married a vivacious widow named Dolley** **P****ayne** **Todd** **who already had a son of her own, we had no children together. I** **was the Secretary of state from 1801-1809 and in 1809 I** **became the fourth pre****sident of these U****nited S****tates.**
 * Question: Which should be stronger, the state government or the national government? Why?**
 * Answer: I believe that the National government should be stronger but to have the powers separate with separate responsibilities, so not just one person or group shall get to control too much of the government and having a dominant National government will curb the powers of the state.**


 * Question: How should we determine the representation of the states in Congress? By population, money, equality...?**
 * Answer: We should represent st****ates in C****ongress by population because the "one state, one vote" st****atus quote is an injustice status quote for larger states who have** **more population and deserve more delegates as population continues to grow and small states should learn it is unfair for larger** **sta****tes not to have more delegates if we shall have more people to represent.**


 * Question: Who should vote for the members of the legislature, and why?**
 * Answer: We should vote by having the lower house elected by the people and the upper house by the lower house so each person has the right to be able to elect representative that will help the economy, family's and businesses.**
 * Question: Should we have one or more than one chief executive? Why?**
 * Answer: I have no opinion about the how many Chief executives one or more we should have as long as they are responsible and vigorous leaders.** **So I will** **agree with where there is the most desirable and popular vote.**


 * Question; What kind of powers should the Chief Executive or Executives have?**
 * Answer: The Chief Executive should have some powers, but they also should have limited powers so they do not try to overrun the other branches of the government system.**
 * "The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war."**
 * Question: Who should elect the chief executive(s)?**
 * Answer: We should allow state legislatures to elect the chief executive(s).**


 * Question: What should be done about slavery in the United States? Should it be kept or outlawed?**
 * Answer: I say slavery should be outlawed even if I** **have been a slave owner my whole life I** **wish to help slaves and my mission is the resettlement of slaves in A****frica and A****mericans should try to depend as little as possible on the labor of slaves.**


 * Question: Should slaves count in the population toward representation? Why or why not?**
 * Answer: Slaves should count in the population towards representation because they are human beings and should not be considered property even if others believe they are superior to slaves. Every human being living in these Untied States should be considered human and count towards population.**
 * Question: Should the national government be able to regulate the commerce of the United States? Why or why not?**
 * Answer:Yes, they should be able to regulate the commerce of the several states because the difficulties might start with the abuse of power against the states by the importing states in taxing the non-importing and is negative and injustice against the states themselves.**

__Friends__
-Edmund Randolph -George Wythe -Alexander Hamilton -Thomas Jefferson -George Washington -John Jay

__Groups__
- Big States. -Anti-Salvery. -Princeton Grads -Federalists. -Virginians.

__Resources__
James Madison Delegate Biographies on the Founding Fathers of the Constitution/ //The Founding Fathers biographies//: [] The Debates in the Federal convention/ //The debate notes on the federal convention// ,: [] Virginia plan and New Government/ //US Constitution online//:[] State and National Government///The Formation of a National Government://[] James Madison, Legislature and Executive leader///James Madison Legislature and Executive//:[]