Stuart Leibiger is Associate Professor and Chair of the History Department at La Salle University.  He is the author of Founding Friendship: George Washington, James Madison and the Creation of the American Republic (1999). Leibiger has worked on the editorial staffs of the Papers of George Washington and the Papers of Thomas Jefferson and is an Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer.

“For this reason, A Companion to JamesMadison and James Monroe should find a home in every academic library in theUnited States.”  (Journal of American History, 5 November 2013)

• List of Illustrations xiNotes on Contributors xiiiAcknowledgments xixIntroduction 1Stuart Leibiger1 James Madison’s Political Thought: The Ideas of an Acting Politician 4Jack N. Rakove2 James Madison’s Journey to an “Honorable and Useful Profession, ” 1751–1780 21Paul Douglas Newman3 James Madison, 1780–1787: Nationalism and Political Reform 39Adam Tate4 James Madison and the Grand Convention: “The Great Difficulty of Representation” 56Gordon Lloyd and Christopher Burkett5 James Madison and the Ratification of the Constitution: A Triumph Over Adversity 74Kevin R. C. Gutzman6 James Madison in The Federalist: Elucidating “The Particular Structure of this Government” 91Michael Zuckert7 James Madison, Republican Government, and the Formation of the Bill of Rights: “Bound by Every Motive of Prudence” 109Alan Gibson8 James Madison in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1789–1797: America’s First Congressional Floor Leader 127Carey Roberts9 James Madison and the National Gazette Essays: The Birth of a Party Politician 143Denver Brunsman10 James Madison, the Virginia Resolutions, and the Philosophy of Modern American Democracy 159Garrett Ward Sheldon11 James Madison’s Secretary of State Years, 1801–1809: Successes and Failures in Foreign Relations 176Mary Hackett12 President James Madison’s Domestic Policies, 1809–1817: Jeffersonian Factionalism and the Beginnings of American Nationalism 192Aaron N. Coleman13 President James Madison and Foreign Affairs, 1809–1817: Years of Principle and Peril 207David J. Siemers14 James Madison’s Retirement, 1817–1836: Engaging the Republican Past, Present, and Future 224James H. Read15 James Madison and George Washington: The Indispensable Man’s Indispensable Man 241Stuart Leibiger16 James Madison and Thomas Jefferson: A “Friendship Which Was For Life” 259Jeffry H. Morrison17 James and Dolley Madison and the Quest for Unity 274Catherine Allgor18 James Madison and Montpelier: The Rhythms of Rural Life 292David B. Mattern19 James Madison and the Dilemma of American Slavery 306Jeff Broadwater20 James Monroe’s Political Thought: The People the Sovereigns 324Arthur Scherr21 James Monroe, 1758–1783: Student and Soldier of the American Revolution 343Daniel Preston22 James Monroe and the Confederation, 1781–1789: The Making of a Virginia Statesman 359Robert W. Smith23 James Monroe in the 1790s: A Republican Leader 375William M. Ferraro24 James Monroe as Governor of Virginia and Diplomat Abroad, 1799–1810: A Revolution of Principles and the Triumph of Pragmatism 391David A. Nichols25 James Monroe as Secretary of State and Secretary of War, 1809–1817: Toward Republican Strategic Sobriety 405MackubinThomas Owens26 James Monroe, James Madison, and the War of 1812: A Difficult Interlude 421J.C.A. Stagg27 President James Monroe’s Domestic Policies, 1817–1825: “To Advance the Best Interests of Our Union” 438Michael J. McManus28 President James Monroe and Foreign Affairs, 1817–1825: An Enduring Legacy 456Sandra Moats29 The Domestic Life of James Monroe: The Man at Home 472Meghan C. Budinger30 James Monroe and Thomas Jefferson: Republican Government and the British Challenge to America, 1780–1826 489Michael Schwarz31 James Monroe and James Madison: Republican Partners 505Brook Poston32 James Madison and James Monroe Historiography: A Tale of Two Divergent Bodies of Scholarship 521Peter Daniel HaworthReferences 541Index 558