American President: President James Madison: Life Before the Presidency - 0 views
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Madison studied law at home but had no passion for it.
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David Kim on 28 Mar 08Important, Madison had no interest for law.
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In 1776, he became a delegate to the revolutionary Virginia Convention and would later push through statutes on religious freedom, among other measures, that he had worked on with Thomas Jefferson.
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For three years, he argued vigorously for legislation to strengthen the loose confederacy of former colonies, contending that military victory required vesting power in a central government.