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Wayne Madison is kept in mind mainly as a systematic political theorist, but this bookish and unassuming man was also a functional politician who strove for balance in an age of revolution. With this biography, Jeff Broadwater focuses on Madison's role in the struggle for religious liberty in Virginia, his contributions to the adoption of the Constitution and the Monthly bill of Privileges, his place in the evolution of the get together system, his romantic relationship with Dolley Madison, his performance as a wartime commander-in-chief, and his views on slavery. From Broadwater's perspective, no single shape can tell us more about the roots of the American republic than our fourth president. In these webpages, Madison emerges as an amazingly resilient politician and an unlikely wartime leader who survived repeated setbacks in the War of 1812 with his recognition intact. Yet Broadwater implies that, despite his keen intelligence, the greater Madison thought about one issue - contest - the greater muddled his thinking became, and his conviction that white prejudices were intractable prevented him from completely grappling with the dilemma of American slavery. Jeff Broadwater is professor of history at Barton College or university and writer of George Mason, Neglected Founder.
