James Madison Is Getting a Little Belated Respect

By Zack Hale

Posted April 12, 2010 at 4:28pm

Correction Appended

Correction: April 14, 2010

The article conflated events at the 1787 Constitutional Convention with those at the 1788 state ratifying conventions. It also attributed certain observations by constitutional scholar Linda Monk to Madison himself.

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