President James Madison & War of 1812

 President James Madison and the War of 1812.  

James Madison won the election of 1808 and 1812.  As a founding father he helped to create the differences in state and federal government; using checks and balances federally with executive, legislative and judicial areas.  

Madison’s involvement in the procurement of the Declaration of Independence assisted in his election for the 4th US President.  

Madison aligned himself with Thomas Jefferson; and that party was known as the (get this) Republicans.  Madison was the Secretary of State while Jefferson was President.  

During the War of 1812, at the Chesapeake Campaign, Madison was on the battlefield at Bladensburg, Maryland on August 24, 1814. The American Army was routed by the British. Madison, and those living in Washington, fled the city, and the British captured it putting all public buildings to torch. 

This would be the same time that Madison’s infamous wife Dolly rescued the illustrious Washington portrait.  One version of the story, “On August 24, 1814, during the War of 1812, British troops invaded Washington, D.C. First Lady Dolley Madison ordered the Washington painting to be saved, and it was taken down off the wall and sent out of harm's way by a group of individuals--Jean Pierre Sioussat, the White House steward; Paul Jennings, an enslaved worker. “

heros of the past dont walk thus today .