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James Madison Junior is born on March 16, 1751, the oldest of twelve children to Nelly and James Madison. Madison is raised on the family plantation of Mount Pleasant, near Orange, Virginia. He suffers periods of ill-health throughout his childhood.
From 1762 Madison studies away from home, returning to the new family house, Montpellier, aged sixteen to prepare for college.
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In 1769, he enrolls at the College of New Jersey where he enjoys debating. Madison graduates two years later.
Madison serves in the Virginia state legislature from 1776. He forms early ideas about religious freedom and becomes known as a protégé of Thomas Jefferson.
The pair draft the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, which is passed in 1786.
Madison becomes the youngest delegate to the Continental Congr James Madison Timeline - World History Encyclopedia ROGAF