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James Madison
Credit: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Original Author: Thomas Sully, artist
Created: 1809
Medium: Oil on panel

James Madison

James Madison, dressed in his usual black suit with a white neckcloth, stands at a writing table next to the U.S. Constitution in this 1809 portrait by Thomas Sully. At the time Madison stood for this portrait he was serving as secretary of state under Thomas Jefferson.

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