but one of the women was madison's grandmother. her name was francis madison. and i first became interested in her because of a note she wrote when madison was a child. and they were all living together. her note looked like a shopping list. and at the top of it, it said for epilepsy. the 18th century medical books that i so much enjoy taught me that some of the items on her list, root, were thought to be good for breaking a fever. which may have suggested that madison may have had fever related seizures as a child. this he are not regarded as epilepsy today but can be a syndrome. epileptic seizures as adult. francis was quite a woman. and the more i learned about her, the more interesting i found her. she and her husband were the first to move, the first of their family to move to the virginia piedmont. and not long after they moved there, it was the frontier, he died, poisoned by a slave, the records say, and running the plantation fell to her. she had to learn the details of growing tobacco, when to plant the seeds, when to move the plants, when to top them,

in madison's case, i believe it does. a hypochondriac or someone given to hysterical episodes is quite different from someone who has an identifiable ailment and manages to achieve, greatly, in spite of it. understanding madisons ailment also explains certain things he did and did not do. he wanted to be a soldier, as the revolution was coming on. he wanted to be a rifleman and he was a good shot. he told a friend that he could hit an eight inch target at a distance of 100 yards, which is the length of a football field. and this, with an 18th-century weapon. but his military career came to a sudden end, when, during training, he suffered what was likely one of his sudden attacks. madison had several chances to go to europe and always turned them down. i just realized a day or two ago that through the first five presidents, he was the only one who never set foot out of the united states. medical manuals of the day recommended that people with epilepsy avoid deep water. presumably because a seizure could cause you to fall o

>> sure, madison. nothing else took me five years. >> just because of the sheer scope of trying to capture everything? >> i like the denis walberg example because ... >> i have to say i've never heard that analogy before, so i appreciate. >> if you watch blue bloods, you will know what i mean. donny walberg is not five foot four. he must be five foot seven or five foot eight. the point is we do not have a whole series of photographs to look at. you've got gilbert stewart, you have rembrandt appeal, and every president tried to get their portrait done because people did not know what they looked like. so these portraits would be made and then copied and copied and copied so people would now. but i look at gilbert stewart's, thomas jefferson, i don't think it's right. i think it makes him, he was a handsome man, but i think it makes him more handsome than he was. i'd like the portrait of james madison and washington. one example. do you want to -- i was so stunned the first time i went to mount vernon an

madison. lynne cheney is the author of "james madison." this is 45 minutes. >>> thank you. before we begin i just want to again acknowledge and thank the former vice president of the united states, dick cheney" for coming to the program today. let me acknowledge, gay, david, molly and marie, the entire team at the society for hosting this magnificent five-part series. thank you. most importantly, i would like to thank dr. cheney for coming here and sharing her views on president and mrs. madison, thank you. we will revisit a couple issues you discuss, but let's jump into your writing style. tell us a little bit about how you picked your topics and researched the research process. >> well, during the writing of the book, i was intranced. the virginians were in charge for 32 years, and i was interested not only in how this came about, and that's a good story, but in the interactions between them, in the personal interactions. i won't give away too much, but there are surprises there. oh, and how

madison. we will revisit a couple of the issues that you discussed but let's jump right into your writing style, tell us a little bit about how you picked your topic and how you approach the research process. >> during the writing of the book madison i was entranced with the notion that for the first 36 years of the republic, the virginians were in charge for 32, and i was interested not only in how this came about , and that is a good story, but in the interactions between them, and the personal interactions, and i will not give away too much, but there are some surprises there. and how i write, i was a teacher of freshman english for quite a while, i was getting my phd, and i just tortured these poor freshman, i made them take note cards, and every note card had to have a separate idea on it, and you organize the notecards, and you wrote, i do not do any of that, and i feel so bad for all those freshman i misled for so many years. i kind of start writing, and i research while i write, and it

madison, who was 43, now dolly's 26 and madison's 43, i don't want you to miss that. turned to aaron burr, this is the one big cousinry thing even when you're not related in 18th century united states everybody knew everybody. he turned to aaron burr because he and burr has gone to princeton together and he arranged an introduction. dolly was thrilled at the prospect. she wrote to a friend, thou must come to see me, thou must come, aaron burr is bringing -- i love this line -- the great little madison to see me this evening. dolly wore mullberry satin and yellow glass beads to greet james in her parlor and four months later they were married. now, i am of the conviction that political wives, political spouses generally can't really do much to help their husbands or wives' years. it's a good thing if a political spouse behaves herself or himself. and stays out of trouble. but as a general rule, unless they are rich, political spouses don't do much to forward their spouses' ambitions. now, of course, for every rule there's an exception, and in this case, as you'll guess

. >> madison was always the helpful kid. >> reporter: tonya was madison's mom's best friend. she says madison was always sweet and a little different. >> i remember we had a birdhouse that my mom had brought over and she was going to put it in my backyard. the other kids run, go, play, have fun, you know. oh, mom needs help? whatever. >> reporter: not available? >> not available. madison's like, hey, do you want me to help you do it? >> reporter: school was a battlefield. madison was picked on. the scrawny kid. and a bit of a loner. >> he was always doing his own little thing. >> reporter: everything changed by madison's senior year of high school. he sprouted to almost six feet. and had less time for dad and mom. >> madison was very social. he had a lot of friends. >> reporter: hannah traylor and madison grew up in the tiny town of eclectic, alabama. >> he was always, like, the class clown. like, really goofy, trying to make everybody laugh. like, you know, always -- like, he might get in trouble for talking too much in class. >> reporter: as madison crossed over into the la

but one of the women was madison's grandmother. her name was francis madison. i became interested in her, because of a note she wrote when madison was a child and they were living together. her note look like a shopping list. at the top of it it said for a, -- . for epilepsy. the 18th century medical books that i so much enjoy, taught me that some of the items on her list, conduit camp saffron, were thought to be good for breaking a fever it's. the guests that madison may have had fever related seizures as a child. they are not regarded as epilepsy today, but can be part of the syndrome. seizures as a child, epileptic seizures as an adult but francis was quite a woman. the more learned about her the, more interesting i found her she and her husband were the first to move the first other family to piedmont. not long after they move their, it was the frontier. and he died, poisoned by a slave records say, and running the plantation fell to her. she had to learn the details of growing tobacco. one went to plant the seeds, went to talk them, want to cut the leaves,

one of the women was madison's grandmother. her name was francis madison. i first became interested in her because of a motorola -- note that she wrote, her note look like a shopping list. at the top it looked like for a epilepsy. the 18th century medical books that i so much enjoy taught me that some of the items on her list, johnson route, saffron, camper, were thought to be good to break a fever, which suggests that madison may have had fever related seizure as a child. they are not regarded as epilepsy today. but can be part of a syndrome. apple active seizures as a adult. pope francis was quiet. the more i learned about, her the more interesting i found her. she and her husband were the first to move, they're the first of their family to move to virginia piedmont area, not long after, it was the, frontier he died poisoned by a sleeve, the records say. running the plantation filter. she had to learn the details of growing tobacco, went to plant the seeds, went to move the, plants want to top them, cut the leaves, how long to cure them. and when the time

>> sure, madison. >> madison was? >> nothing else took me five years. >> because of the sheer scope of trying to capture? >> you know, i like the donny walberg example. >> i've never heard the example. >> he isn't 5'4", i don't think he's more than 5'7", which is about the size of hamilton and burr, most difficult. that's the point is we don't have a whole series of photographs to look at. you've got gilbert stuart, you've got rembrandt peel. and every president tried to get his portrait taken, or done, because people didn't know what they looked like. and so these portraits would be made and then copied and copied so people would know. but i look at gilbert stuart's thomas jefferson, i don't think it's right. you know, i think it makes him -- he was a handsome man, but i think it makes him and handsomer than he was. i like the portrait of james madison and washington, what an example. i mean, do you want to look at -- i was so stunned the first time i went to mount vernon and saw the young washington that you put in,

he is one of 12 children born to james madison, sr., and nellie conway madison. of the 12, 7 survived to adulthood. he is the third generation of madisons to live at montpellier. so his grant parents acquire that property. they are living in king and queen county on the york river. the grandparents are ambrose and francis taylor madison. francis taylor is the daughter of james taylor, one of the participants in the journey of the golden horse shoe, which is one of the first expeditions of white europeans to the blue ridge mountains. result of that, he receives thousands of acres of land in what's now orange county. so the ambrose and francis are in king and queen county and they send overseers and slaves in the early 1720s to clear the virgin forest and plant tobacco. the planting and cultivation of tobacco by the labor of people they held in savory will be the way the madisons tha s made the livelihood until the time of the civil war. so they do not get -- they do not move to montpillier until some ten years later. and they established a home site near what is n

he is one of 12 children born out to james madison senior and nelly conway madison. of the 12, 7 survived to adulthood. he is the third generation of madisons to live at month pi pilliar. they are living in king and queen county. the grandparents are ambrose and francis d francis taylor mad son. she is the daughter of james taylor, a participant in the journey of the golden horseshoe, one of the first expeditions of white europeans to the blue ridge mountains with governor alexander, and as a result of that he receives thousands of acres of fland what is now orange county. so the ambrose and francis are in king and queen county and they have over seers and slaves to clear the virgin forest and plant tobacco. it will be the way that madison's made their livelihood for the next multiple jep rations until the type of the civil rar. so they do not get -- they do not move until some ten years later. and they established a home sight near what is now the mad son family cemetery and they call their place "mount pleasant." and they build a little house. it is a form called a

madison. the endeavor of this last year and a half has been to find our way forward. the constitution, a written constitution that the people might debate, is the natural and best course for our future. however, this is where i counter the gentleman, in that this document is in its way the one that must be ratified. i say nay. there are too many problems still inherent. this is uncharted territory, to be certain. thate that we -- and for reason, we must endeavor to revolt against great britain some years ago was nothing compared to what lies before us now. we have an opportunity to create a government not in the time of war, but in a time of peace and those articles of confederation were woefully, woefully insufficient for our causes, however we must recognize now, though we have a system before us that is better than what was before, that does not make it close enough to what the people of america deserve. inherent in it, there are insufficiencies, shortcomings. there are dangerous seeds for

madison would approve, just like madison. >> i'll tweet it to the president. >> you can tweet to him, but he's not supposed to listen to you, because madison is considering, should the people be able to issue direct instructions to their representatives and their presidents and he says, no, because you want to set up barriers and cooling mechanisms, and the reason this is nonpartisan, our first tweeting president was president obama. he was the first president to set up a twitter account. and the framers and madison didn't think that that kind of direct instruction by the people to their representatives or direct communication by the president and other representatives to the people was a good idea because they want slow reason to prevail. so when roosevelt and wilson are there's another important change in 1912 that transforms congress and i'm getting this from william connelly's wonderful book on madison. it was in 1912 that wilson insists that the congressional committee system, which requires the parties to slowly consider bills that go through regular order was challenged. and wi

so there was madison's story. i think the feeling of being a little left out but then turning to what he knew best. he began studying government and constitution party was interested in it even is a very young man. in that study became more important important to him. so jefferson, he spent his whole life trying to prove he was not a coward. and then he fled charlottesville for unit in the charlottesville exit was very humorous in a way. fresh looking back so far. he basically tried to act like he was not worthy. and so he went to charlottesville. that was his home for an ugly. and he invited legislature to stay the night. any would supply them with food and drink. in a young man came to warn him that the british were coming. any offered them things . five of the sky started to leave brandon jefferson was certainly one of the leslie . and he try to do it casually. but in the end he took his fastest horse and galloped away. i forget washington. well, the monroe's argument with washington. and i think with washingto

madison is quite right. a fundamental reoccurrence to these principles is necessary, but we have an opportunity to do that now prior to ratification. that we see these seeds dealt with. there may always be some, but we see too many here at present and we have the opportunity, merely with his second convention, by which the people have now been informed of its intentions, that we may see greater amendments even to the document as it now stands. that being my greatest argument and very similar to mr. madison's, only that it is done prior to ratification as opposed to after. >> thank you, sir. >> i allow -- i thank you for allowing this moment of debate. with that, we can move to the next question before p. henry so it's another question. >> i see we have witnessed another eternal truth today. that is that statesman always have more to say. now, we must move on to our questions. harkening back sir, mr. mason, to your statement about the globe rights and its importance to you. we have a question from emma. emma

i'm -- i think i'm with madison here. given polarization, i think it unlikely that you get a majority to call the convention to begin with and -- i'm not congress vinced that the convention itself would overcome polarization unless deliberation were instructor structured in a more thoughtful way. it's been shown that through polls that when people are given an opportunity to hear competing arguments and are -- required to deliberate over a period of days, often they can become less polarized. perhaps if this convention were structured in a way that wasn't allowed to vote -- my fear is that the convention would convene and immediately vote on twitter. maybe that would be okay and maybe the check of the three quarter ratification would be adequate. but right now i think better safe than sorry and i'm with madison. >> my name is nicole larson and i'm from indiana. when it comes to brandeis, when he had the opportunity to be a member of woodrow wilson's cabinet and then turned down that opportunity or turned it away and then

madison. people of virginia, and america. i do not disagree with mr. madison. the endeavor of this last year and a half has been defined our way forward, constitution written, constitution that the people might debate, is the natural and best course for our future. however this is where i count the gentleman, in that this document is the one that must be ratified. i say nay, there are too many problems that are inherent, this is and charted territory to be certain. for that reason, we must endeavor to revolt against great britain some years ago is nothing to what lies before us. now we have the opportunity to create a government not in the time of war, but in a time of peace. those articles of confederation who will fully insufficient for our cause, however we must recognize now that we have a system before us that was better than before, that does not make it close enough to what the people of america deserve. inherent in it they are all some insufficiency's, shortcomings that are dangerous, the scenes from monarchy, or least a corrupt aristocracy, are rife ri

i think i am with madison. given polarization, i think it unlikely that you would get a majority to call the convention to begin with, and i'm not convinced that the convention itself would overcome polarization unless deliberation were structured in a more thoughtful way. james fish can at the university of texas as shown through his deliberative polls that when people are given an opportunity to hear competing arguments and required to deliberate over a period of days, they often can become less polarized. so perhaps if this convention were structured in a way that was not allowed to vote. my fear is that the convention would convene and immediately vote on twitter. if it was a multi day convention, and you had to hear all, arguments may you get the three quarter of the ratification would be adequate, but right now i think better safe than sorry. >> my name is nicole. i'm from indiana, southern indiana. when it comes to lee bring, ice when he had the opportunity to be part of woodrow wilson's cabinet and then

so hamilton and madison split the job. hamilton did more, a bit more than madison. they used a pen name for them. their pen name was published, named after the founder of the roman empire. probably as valeria's. that was not too unusual for the time to have a pen name. it was seen as a very statesman like educated persons way of communicating with a pen name. it was known of course, who the advocates for the new documents ... jefferson who again was not at the convention, did not sign the constitution, when he had a chance to read the federalist papers and these essays, he said quote, the best commentary on the principles of government which ever was written. let me read a few lines of the first federalist papers by alexander hamilton. this is how the federalists papers begin. after full experience, this is by alexander hamilton. after full experience of the insufficiency of the existing federal government, you are invited to deliberate upon a new constitution for the united states of america. the subject speaks of its own importance. comprehending and it's conseque

he brought suit against madison. his tours asked for a supreme court to compel madison to deliver. would it be enforced if madison refused to obey it would it not undermine the prestige of the court? in this dilemma, marshall made his decision backed by a unanimous court, he said that he was entitled to decision, but that they had no right to issue the requested mandamus. the act of congress authorizing the rwrits were at variance wit it. they accepted this without protest. it gave them the victory. thus they helps to establish the doctrine of judicial review. the doctrine that the supreme court in settling a case must ignore a law it finds in conflict with the constitution. it must void the law. in the opinion of justices of yesterday and today, the court should be cautious in such actions. most observers feel that the court has forgotten this rule of caution mentioned as an example is the decision called the dread scott decision. dread scott was a slave. bus his master took him to the northwest territory where he was banned under the missouri compromise. he was presumably now fre

the madisons restored the levees, but they opened them up to anyone. back in washington's day, it was the wealthy elites that were permitted into those functions. under the madisons, it was open to everyone and they took out newspaper ads, encouraging ordinary people to come to the levees and meet the president and the first lady. colleen: our last question of the evening is a good one. from bev. she says, now that you've done jefferson and you've written a book on lincoln, which president is next? james: i have written two books on lincoln, and the third one on jefferson. i am working now on a book that fdr is the focal point of. it's about the casablanca conference of 1943 where fdr and churchill and the military high command met in secret at casablanca for 10 days in the middle of the war to plan how the rest of the war was going to go. so we are out of the white house and into the 20th century. colleen: thank you very much for joining us for another terrific episode of white house history live. join us again next month in october, our guest will be

the first representative from my district was james madison. i have used his legacy to guide me in my fight to fight for constitutional principles and lead by his example is one that can guide all representatives in this body. james madison said this, a well instructed people alone can be a permanently free people. i internalized ta statement into a baseline for carrying out the duties of the representative dual elected by the citizens. my background as a veteran and intelligence officer by the national security agency and working with other other agencies, taught me value, honor and integrity and taught me the lesson of considering the source when evaluating information from my colleagues and constituents. and when fighting radicalization and disinformation campaigns. james madison said that knowledge will forever govern ignorance and people who are their own governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gist gives. a well instructed people are knowledgeable people. pillars of a working republic. those pillars are being assaulted by d

marbury brought suit against madison. his attorneys asked the supreme court for a writ of mandamus to compel madison to deliver the commission. but if marshall issued the order would it be enforced? if madison refused to obey it, would this not undermine the prestige of the court? in this dilemma marshall made his decision. backed by a unanimous court he said marbury was entitled to his commission but that the court had no right to issue the requested mandamus. the constitution, said marshall, defined the procedures of the court in procedures of this sort and the acting congress authorizing wrists mandamus, was at variance with it. therefore void. president jefferson and congress accepted this without protest. it gave them the victory. thus they helped to establish by precedent the doctrine of judicial review. the doctrine that the supreme court in settling a case must necessarily ignore a law it finds in conflict with the constitution must in effect void the law. in the opinion of justices of yesterday and today the cour

you are right about how influx things around the madison and monroe administration. if i can recommend a great book i have been reading because it is so much fun. it is the biography of john quincy adams. it is called "public life, a private life." it goes through his diaries to show his inner thoughts. atoms is really relevant. wednesday atoms. he is the son of john adams, the adams.cy he is the son of john adams, the -- james madison appoints him secretary of state. james monroe -- madison sends him to russia. james monroe appoints him secretary of state. he goes on to win the presidency. and then there is the incredibly contested election of 1824, where john quincy adams loses both the popular vote and the electoral college vote. but because there is no majority in the electoral college, it is decided by the house of representatives, which votes for adams rather than andrew jackson. i was struck in the biography this weekend that jackson graciously accept his defeat to adams and even greets him at adams' reception, noting his victory but then goes on to call it a

marbury brought suit against madison. his attorneys asked the supreme court for a writ to compel the commission. if marshall issued the order, would it be enforced? if madison refused to obey it, would this not undermine the prestige of the court? ♪ in this dilemma, marshall made his decision. backed by a unanimous court, he said marbury was entitled to his commission, but that the court had no right to issue the requested writ. the constitution, said marshall, defined the powers of the court in procedures of this sort, and the act of congress was with the and therefore void. president jefferson and congress accepted this without protest. it gave them the victory. thus, they helped to establish the doctrine of judicial review. the doctrine that the supreme court, in settling a case, must necessarily ignore a law that it finds in conflict with the constitution. it must in effect void the law. in the opinion of justices of yesterday and today, the court should be cautious in such actions. it must void a law only if a deci

mike madison avenue, life in the suburbs has good moments and others not so good. >> oh no! >> discouraged, disgruntled, heck no. they're glad to be here. remember? >> we have got to move. >> and so they joined the stream of family life in the suburbs. soon to become part of it's familiar sight and familiar sounds. >> anybody home? >>> these what "red book" means by it's young adulted. people in a particular living situation with particular interests and particular goals. >>> they start to discover red book about the time they apply for a marriage license. start life in their own homes. have their first baby. take out their first loan, and they stay with red book through their busiest years. as red book sees them, they're an energetic and carefree lot. even though they are suddenly plunged into family life. as the babies start coming, they usually try to concentrate on their houses with the woman staying home to learn new ways to run a household. it soon dawns on hershey could use some expert help. while the kids are young, many of the mothers try to stay at home which is no

james madison oftentimes called the father of congress -- james madison, often called the father of congress, thought it was essential that the legislative branch made policy that well represented the vast and varied republican and best served the nation as a whole. remember, our nation began as a unique experiment in self-governance. there's great doubt about whether the views of people so diverse could successfully be forged into good policy that serves such a large nation. madison believed that the way to do this was for members of congress to represent the multiple diverse interests and ideas of their constituents in an open marketplace of ideas in congress. through the legislative process, the people's representatives would debate, deliberate and put together a consensus on legislation that served the common good of the nation. what the constitution created was not a parliamentary system, because the framers did not intend to empower temporary majorities. instead, they wanted to compel compromise in a diverse society. the exercise of power was shared so that all american voters had an o

james madison oftentimes called the father of congress -- james madison, often called the father of congress, thought it was essential that the legislative branch made policy that well represented the vast and varied republican and best served the nation as a whole. remember, our nation began as a unique experiment in self-governance. there's great doubt about whether the views of people so diverse could successfully be forged into good policy that serves such a large nation. madison believed that the way to do this was for members of congress to represent the multiple diverse interests and ideas of their constituents in an open marketplace of ideas in congress. through the legislative process, the people's representatives would debate, deliberate and put together a consensus on legislation that served the common good of the nation. what the constitution created was not a parliamentary system, because the framers did not intend to empower temporary majorities. instead, they wanted to compel compromise in a diverse society. the exercise of power was shared so that all american voters had an o

♪ ♪ ♪ >> the suburbs, almost as much written about it as madison avenue. just as much in need of reflection. like madison avenue, life in the suburbs has its good moments and others not so good. ♪ >> oh no. >> oh. >> discouraged, disgruntled? heck no. they are glad to be here. remember? ♪ >> we've got to move. ♪ >> and so they joined the stream of family life in the suburbs, soon to become part of this familiar sight. soon to absorb the familiar sounds. >> anybody home? [laughter] [whistling] [humming] [laughter] ♪ >> these are what redbook means by young adults, people in a certain living situation with particular interests and goals. these young adults begin to discover redbook around the time they apply for their marriage license, start life in their own homes, have their first baby, take out their first loan. they stay with redbook through their busiest years. as redbook seasons their life, a carefree life, even though suddenly plunged into family life. as the babies start coming, they usually did start concentrating on their houses, with the w

jon marshall as secretary of state, would be replaced by james madison. the federalists were in eclipsed. the democrats were on the rise. the federalists were not giving up. marshall as one of adams final acts was made chief justice. in a closing hours, of the outgoing administration. he was busy signing appointments. filling newly-created judgeships, with faithful federalists. the commissions were sealed but the seal of the united states they were sealed with the seal of the united states. but something went wrong, on the following morning, when james madison came to take over the office of secretary of state, he found the commissions still on the desk, through some error they had not been delivered. so he presently discussed the matter with jefferson and a decision was made. some of the commissions, would not be delivered. later one of the appointees william arbery, came became impatient where was his commission as justice of the peace in the district of columbia? >> marbury brought suit against madison and his attorneys asked the supreme court for writ

. ♪ >>> the suburbs, almost as much written about as madison avenue. and just as much in need of reflection. like madison avenue, life in the suburbs has its good moments, and others not so good. >> oh, no! >> oh. >> discouraged? disgruntled? heck, no. they're glad to be here. rememb remember? >> we've got to move. >> and so they joined the dream of family life in the suburbs, soon to become part of its familiar sites, soon to absorb its familiar sounds. >> anybody home? [ humming ] [ baby laughing children laughi] >> these are what redbook means by its young adults. people in a certain living situation with particular interests and particular goals. these young adults begin to discover redbook about the time they apply for their marriage license, start life in their own homes, have their first baby, take out their first loan, and they stay with redbook through their busiest years. as redbook sees them, they're an energetic lot, a carefree lot. even though so suddenly plunged into family life. as the babies start coming, they usually decide to concentr

like madison avenue, life in the suburbs has its good moments, and others not so good. >> oh, no! >> oh! >> discouraged, disgruntled? heck, no. they're glad to be here. remember? ♪ >> we've got to move! ♪ >> and so they joined the stream of family life in the suburbs, soon to become part of this familiar sight. soon to be a part of its familiar sounds. >> anybody home? [ laughter ] [ whistling ] [ humming ] [ laughter ] [ sound of running water ] ♪ >> these are what redbook" means by its "young adults." people in a certain living situation with particular interests and particular goals. ♪ >> these young adults begin to discover "redbook" about the time they apply for their marriage license, start life in their own homes, have their first baby, take out their first loan, and they stay with "redbook" through their busiest years. as "redbook" sees them, they're an energetic lot, a care-free lot. even though so suddenly plunged into family life. as the babies start coming, they usually decide to concentrate on their houses, with the woman staying home to learn new ways to run

madison, people of virginia, people of america, i do not disagree with mr. madison. the endeavor of this last year and a half have been combined our way forward. the written constitution that thepeople might debate is natural and best course for our future. however, this is where i counter. document is in its way the one that must be ratified. i say nay. there are too many problems inherent. this is uncharted territory to be certain. for that reason, we must endeavor the revolt against great britain some years ago is nothing compared to what lies before us now. we have an opportunity to create government not in the time of war but in the time of peace. those articles of confederation will woefully, woefully insufficient. however, we must recognize now that we have a system that is better than what was before. that does not make it close enough to what the people of america deserve. >> watch the full program sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern, 6:00 p.m. pacific, here on american history tv. >> next, about american history tv, military historian geoff chineseues the communist

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she also talks about the influential women in madison's life. her book on the president, first published in 2014, is "james madison: a life reconsidered". the society of the four arts in palm beach, florida, hosted this 50 minute lecture which was one in a series on the founders. >> i put it down for me and it has to come down a little bit more for d

republican congressman-elect madison cawthorne. >> the youngest person elected to congress in modern history. the night he won he celebrated on twitter with three words, which some thought was a dig at his democratic opponent. >> you tweeted -- >> oh, not the most congressional thing i've ever done. >> cry more lib. why did you do that? >> it was definitely not targeted at my opponent, mo davis, who won a very tough campaign. it was more at this culture, the extremes on both ends. >> first member of congress born in the 1990s, he has taken his party by storm. >> i represent the new face of the republican party. >> wrapped in a message of youth, faith and overcoming adversity. the now 25-year-old has used a wheelchair since a car accident in 2014 left him partially paralyzed. >> i know what it is to feel significant amounts of pain and to feel left behind society and that's an interesting

one point, buchanan asked dolley madison to host a social event at his boardinghouse. the flirtation with anna payne did not lead to marriage, however. still, buchanan penned a heartfelt poem about anna payne and kept a silhouette cut out of her in a scrapbook. buchanan later served as the executor of dolley madison's estate and kept a fond interest in paying for the rest of her life. what about buchanan's friendship with king? during this time, secretary of state buchanan largely ignored king. this site did not go unnoticed. in 1848, president polk reminded the nation of his pledge to serve a single term. both parties, democrats and whigs, sensed an opportunity to score a victory. in the aftermath of the mexican-american war, buchanan schemed to form a bachelor ticket. they nearly succeeded, too. but instead, others were chosen. in the wake of the democratic national convention, a political cartoonist lampooned the losing presidential contenders as spinsters, with buchanan prominently pictured wearing a dress. buchanan retreated to lancaster, where he purchased wheatl

madison was right then, and i think he's even more right now. as we look around the world, margaret, you can see many countries that have mimicked our bill of rights. every communist country in the world has got a wonderful bill of rights. i mean, if you really ask me, i've studied -- i've looked at this, and if you ask me my favorite, i'd have to go with north korea's. it's really good. everything in ours, plus you have a right to free education, free medical care, and even a right to relaxation. but what good are those rights? if the power all resides in one person's hands, then those rights don't mean very much. it's the separation of powers that keeps us free. >> so, then, in the context of the separation of powers, why is buckley right, and jerry brown is wrong? why is it not the supreme court's job to legislate? >> okay, well, with all due respect to my judicial colleagues, nobody elected us. we are not representative of the people. we're not answerable to the people. we're perfectly suited for the job of interpreting the law, holding tria