Martin Van Buren and Benjamin Harrison were both 5’6 and the shortest president in U.S. history was James Madison. He was 5’4 ...
James Madison was born on the Belle Grove Plantation ... He served as America’s ninth president for only 33 days — the ...
As Thomas Jefferson’s secretary of state, James Madison inadvertently began a pattern in which this cabinet office position would lead directly to the presidency. This would continue until 1828, with ...