James Madison's political thought : the ideas of an acting politician / Jack N. Rakove -- James Madison's journey to an "honorable and useful professon," 1751-1780 / Paul Douglas Newman -- James Madison, 1780-1787: nationalism and political reform / Adam Tate -- James Madison and the grand convention : "the great difficulty of representation" / Gordon Lloyd and Christopher Burkett -- James Madison and the ratification of the constitution : a triumph over adversity / Kevin R. C. Gutzman -- James Madison in the Federalist : elucidating "the particular structure of this government" / Michael Zuckert -- James Madison, republican government, and the formation of the bill of rights : "bound by every motive of prudence" / Alan Gibson -- James Madison in the U.S. house of representatives, 1789-1797 : America's first congressional floor leader / Carey Roberts -- James Madison and the National Gazette essays : the birth of a party politician / Denver Brunsman -- James Madison, the Virginia resolutions, and the philosophy of modern American democracy / Garrett Ward Sheldon -- James Madison's secretary of state years, 1801-1809 : successes and failures in foreign relations / Mary Hackett -- President James Madison's domestic policies, 1809-1817 : Jeffersonian factionalism and the beginnings of American nationalism / Aaron N. Coleman -- President James Madison and foreign affairs, 1809-1817 : years of principle and peril / David J. Siemers -- James Madison's retirement, 1817-1836 : engaging the republican past, present, and future / James H. Read -- James Madison and George Washington : the indispensable man's indispensable man / Stuart Leibiger -- James Madison and Thomas Jefferson : a "friendship which was for life" / Jeffry H. Morrison -- James and Dolley Madison and the quest for unity / Catherine Allgor -- James Madison and Montpelier : the rhythms of rural life / David B. Mattern -- James Madison and the dilemma of American slavery / Jeff Broadwater -- James Monroe's political thought : the People of the Sovereigns / Arthur Scherr -- James Monroe, 1758-1783 : student and soldier of the American Revolution / Daniel Preston -- James Monroe and the Confederation, 1781-1789 : the making of a Virginia stateman / Robert W. Smith -- James Monroe in the 1790s : a republican leader / William M. Ferraro -- James Monroe as governor of Virginia and diplomat abroad, 1799-1810 : a revolution of principles and the triumph of pragmatism / David A. Nichols -- James Monroe as secretary of state and the secretary of war, 1809-1817 : toward republican strategic sobriety / Mackubin Thomas Owens -- James Monroe, James Madison, and the War of 1812 : a difficult interlude / J.C.A. Stagg -- President James Monroe's domestic policies, 1817-1825 : "to advance the best interests of our union" / Michael J. McManus -- President James Monroe and foreign affairs, 1817-1825 : an enduring legacy / Sandra Moats -- The domestic life of James Monroe : the man at home / Meghan C. Budinger -- James Monroe and Thomas Jefferson : republican government and the British challenge to America, 1780-1826 / Michael Schwarz -- James Monroe and James Madison : republican partners / Brook Poston -- James Monroe and James Monroe historiography : a tale of two divergent bodies of scholarship / Peter Daniel Haworth