• USS Madison was a U.S. Navy corvette (or sloop) built during the War of 1812 for use on the Great Lakes. She was named for James Madison, a Founding Father...
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  • USS Madison may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Madison (1812), was a 22-gun corvette launched in 1812 on Lake Ontario and...
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  • (1812) was a 14-gun schooner launched in 1812. USS Madison (1832) was a Van Buren-class schooner, designed by Edward Preble and built in 1832. USS James...
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    seas. This theme was the basis of President James Madison's war message to Congress on June 1, 1812. At the turn of the 20th century, much of the contemporary...
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  • Madison (1807) was commissioned in 1807. USS Madison (1812) was a 14-gun schooner launched in 1812. USS Madison (1832) was a Van Buren-class schooner, designed...
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    Madison Square Garden, James Madison University, the James Madison Memorial Building, and the USS James Madison. James Madison Jr. was born on March 16,...
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    Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826. USS Madison (1812) was a 14-gun schooner launched in 1812. USS Madison (1832) was a Van Buren-class schooner, designed...
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  • War of 1812 (1812-1815), between the United States and the British Empire and its First Nation allies, have been long debated. The War of 1812 was caused...
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    Clinton in the 1812 election. His presidency was dominated by the War of 1812 with Britain. After serving two terms as president, Madison was succeeded...
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  • Timeline of the War of 1812 is a chronology of the War of 1812. List of War of 1812 Battles Bibliography of the War of 1812 Timeline of the American Revolution...
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    December 29 – War of 1812: USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Java off the coast of Brazil. The Bishop James Madison Society is founded at...
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  • (1723–1801), American farmer and entrepreneur James Madison (bishop) (1749–1812), American bishop James Madison (Medal of Honor) (1842–1926), United States Army...
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    Fort Detroit, without a fight, to the British Army. August 19 – War of 1812: USS Constitution defeats the British frigate Guerriere, off the coast of Nova...
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    12th United States Congress on June 18, 1812, thereby beginning the War of 1812. It was signed by James Madison, the 4th President of the United States...
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  • USS Julia was a schooner in the United States Navy during the War of 1812. Initially the privately-owned schooner Julia, she was captured at the onset...
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  • of James Madison on 17 September 1810, and master on 19 December 1811. After the outbreak of the War of 1812 in June, on 5 July, James Madison detained...
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  • Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that established the principle of judicial review...
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  • Revolutionary War and War of 1812. A son of James Madison Sr. and Eleanor Rose Conway, he was the younger brother of James Madison, the fourth president of...
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    David Porter (naval officer) (category United States Navy personnel of the War of 1812)
    War, the War of 1812 and in the West Indies. On July 2, 1812, Porter hoisted the banner "Free trade and sailors' rights" as captain of USS Essex. The phrase...
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    Stephen Decatur (category Commanders of the USS Constitution)
    USS Flambeau and USS Spark; schooners USS Spitfire and USS Torch. Three of these vessels were prizes taken in the War of 1812. The toast is more widely known...
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    Dolley Todd Madison (née Payne; May 20, 1768 – July 12, 1849) was the wife of James Madison, the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817...
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    Burning of Washington (category Washington, D.C., in the War of 1812)
    Incredible War of 1812. Toronto: Robin Brass Studio. ISBN 1-896941-13-3. Jennings, Paul (1865). A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison. Brooklyn: George...
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    USS Scourge was an American warship converted from a confiscated Canadian merchant schooner. She and the American warship Hamilton foundered at 2:00am...
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  • USS Mohawk was a U.S. Navy frigate that fought on the Great Lakes during the War of 1812. Mohawk, a 42-gun frigate, was laid down 8 May 1814 by shipbuilder...
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     28, July–December. London: UK Royal Navy. 1812. p. 363. Dickon, Chris (2008). The enduring journey of the USS Chesapeake: ... The Hickory Press, Charleston...
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    David Farragut (category United States Navy personnel of the War of 1812)
    Farragut fought in the War of 1812, serving under Captain Porter, his foster father. While serving aboard the frigate USS Essex, Farragut participated...
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    warships, including USS John Adams, the flagship of the fleet that defeated the Barbary states of North Africa. During the War of 1812 Rodgers fired the...
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  • The Western theater of the War of 1812 was an theater of war during the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom. Far from the Atlantic...
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    Macedonian was a naval action fought near Madeira on 25 October 1812 between the heavy frigate USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, and the frigate...
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    Paul Hamilton (politician) (category United States Army personnel of the War of 1812)
    President James Madison selected Hamilton to become the third Secretary of the Navy. His term in office included the first months of the War of 1812, during which...
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