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Rufus King

Rufus King (1755–1827) was one of the framers of the US Constitution. King served in the Massachusetts state legislature from 1783 to 1784 and then in Congress, where he was responsible for the resolution calling for a Constitutional Convention in 1787. An ardent Federalist, King supported the strong central government created by the Constitution and advocated for the document’s ratification. King was also an opponent of slavery who supported compensated emancipation and in 1785 introduced a congressional resolution prohibiting slavery in...

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James Madison

James Madison (1751–1836) was born in Port Conway, Virginia. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in two years rather than the usual four with concentrations in theology, history, and law. In 1776, he drafted Virginia’s first constitution and bill of rights, which later became a model for the Bill of Rights amendments to the US Constitution. Madison supported religious toleration and the separation of church and state. He was elected to the Continental Congress in 1779 and the Constitutional Convention in...