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As Thomas Jefferson’s secretary of state, James Madison inadvertently began a pattern in which this cabinet office position would lead directly to the presidency. This would continue until 1828, with ...

James Madison, the "Father of the ... Toward the end of his term, a bill to charter a second Bank of the United States passed with Madison's support. The United States had little stature in ...