# James Madison, Sr.

> Col. James Madison Sr. was a prominent Virginia planter and politician who served as a colonel in the Virginia militia during the American Revolutionary War. He inherited Mount Pleasant, later known as Montpelier, a large tobacco plantation in Orange County, Virginia and, with the acquisition of more property, had 5,000 acres and became the largest landowner in the county. He was the father of James Madison Jr., the Founding Father and 4th president of the United States, who inherited what he called Montpelier, and Lieutenant General William Madison, and great-grandfather of Confederate Brigadier General James Edwin Slaughter.

*American planter and politician*

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## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1723-03-27
- **Died:** 1801-02-27
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 4.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 25.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Sources
- [جيمس ماديسون الأب](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%A8)
- [James Madison Sr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison_Sr.)
- [James Madison Senior](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison_Senior)
- [James Madison Sr.](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison_Sr.)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3806658)

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