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President James Madison James Madison

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James Madison


  • First president to have served in the United States House of Representatives.
  • First president to ask Congress for a Declaration of War.
  • First president to serve as a wartime commander-in-chief.
  • First president to have an Inaugural ball.
  • First president to issue a pocket veto.
  • First president to have a parent live throughout his presidency.
  • First president to have a second cousin as a future president, (Zachary Taylor).