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Constitution of USA

United States of America · Politics / Democratic Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

6Records
1787–1992Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1787

James Madison1787

Politics / Democratic Party

At the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia Madisons draft of the Virginia Plan and his revolutionary three-branch federal system becomes the basis for the American Constitution of today

1788

James Madison1788

Politics / Democratic Party

Writes over a third of the Federalist Papers, still the most influential commentary on the Constitution

1789

James Madison1789

Politics / Democratic Party

Elected to the new United States House of Representatives and becomes an important leader from the First Congress to the 4th Congress

1791

James Madison1791

Politics / Democratic Party

The last ten of Madisons proposed amendments are ratified and become the Bill of Rights

1794

James Madison1794

Politics / Democratic Party

Madison leads the unsuccessful attempt to block Alexander Hamiltons proposed Bank of the United States, arguing the new Constitution did not explicitly allow the federal Government to form a bank

1992

Barack Hussein Obama1992

Chicago · Politics / Democratic Party

Obama teaches constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School for twelve years, being first classified as a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996, and then as a Senior Lecturer from 1996 to 2004

Names involved

Barack Hussein ObamaJames Madison

Provenance

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