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Birthday wishes go out to James Madison, our 4th president, who would turn a ripe, old 247 today - if he had made it this long.
Despite his impressive resume (principal author of both the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and Commander-in-Chief during the country’s 2nd American Revolution), he’s not thought of that highly by historians.
He had the misfortune of being short, socially awkward and possibly even nerdy. Perhaps his work in actually creating the government set the bar too high. In fact, I guess he could’ve been our first presidential underachiever. But it’s safe to day that regardless of what he achieved as president, his entire career shaped the country in a way that few others have.
His wife invented some great breakfast treats as well!
Yeah, I’ve often heard James referred to “the guy that Dolly married”…well, that’s not strictly true…