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    Irving Brant

    American biographer, journalist, and historian

    Irving Brant

    BornIrving Newton Brant
    (1885-01-17)January 17, 1885
    Walker, Iowa, U.S.
    DiedSeptember 18, 1976(1976-09-18) (aged 91)
    OccupationBiographer, journalist, historian
    EducationUniversity of Iowa (BA)

    Irving Newton Brant (January 17, 1885 – September 18, 1976) was an American biographer, journalist, and historian.

    Early life

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    Brant was born on January 17, 1885, in Walker, Iowa, the son of David Brant, the editor of the local newspaper, and Ruth Hurd Brant. After attending local schools, he earned a BA in 1909 at the University of Iowa. In 1918 Brant became a reporter St. Louis Star-Times. He left the Star-Times in 1923, to write poetry, plays and children's novels. In 1930, Brant returned to the newspaper as an editorial writer.

    Journalism and writing

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    Brant wrote about conservation of natural resources for magazines and in 1930 was one of the first membe

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    James Madison

    Founding Father, 4th U.S. president (1809 to 1817)

    For other uses, see James Madison (disambiguation).

    Not to be confused with James Maddison.

    James Madison

    Portrait, 1816

    In office
    March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1817
    Vice President
    Preceded byThomas Jefferson
    Succeeded byJames Monroe
    In office
    May 2, 1801 – March 3, 1809[3]
    PresidentThomas Jefferson
    Preceded byJohn Marshall
    Succeeded byRobert Smith
    In office
    March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1797
    Preceded byConstituency established
    Succeeded byJohn Dawson
    Constituency
    In office
    November 6, 1786 – October 30, 1787
    In office
    March 1, 1781 – November 1, 1783
    Born

    James Madison Jr.


    (1751-03-16)March 16, 1751
    Port Conway, Virginia, British America
    DiedJune 28, 1836(1836-06-28) (aged 85)
    Montpelier, Orange County, Virginia, U.S.
    Resting placeMontpelier, Orange County, Virginia,

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    Madison biographer Irving Brant described the fifty-year relationship between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison as a "perfectly balanced friendship" — they complimented and supported each other, both personally and in their political careers.[1]

    Madison was born into the Piedmont gentry on March 16, 1751 (n.s.), on his maternal grandparents' plantation in King George County, and was named for his father, James Madison, Sr.[2] As the eldest of twelve siblings, seven of whom lived to adulthood, he was heir to his father's plantation, which began to be called "Montpelier" in the 1780s.[3]

    Rather than attending the College of William and Mary as most young Virginia gentlemen did, Madison and his father chose the Presbyterian College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) for his education, both because of concerns that the tidewater of Virginia was unhealthy and because of disagreements with the Anglican establishment that controlled the Vir