amend vs. emend. The question of whether to use amend or emend is a vexing one for many people, complicated by the fact that the words sound quite similar and have meanings that overlap to a considerable degree. Both words can be used with the meanings âto improveâ or âto correct,â but there are subtle differences.
James Madison. James Madison, Jr. (March 16, 1751 â June 28, 1836) was an American politician and political philosopher who served as the fourth President of the United States (1809â1817) and is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was the principal author of the US Constitution, and is often called the âFather of the Constitutionâ.
Insight into Madison is provided by the first White House memoir, A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison (1865), told by his former slave Paul Jennings, who served the president from the age of 10 as a footman, and later as a valet for the rest of Madison's life.n September 15, 1794, James Madison married Dolley Payne Todd, a 26-year-old widow, at Harewood, in what is now Jefferson County, West Virginia. Madison had no children but did adopt Todd's one surviving son, John Payne Todd (known as Payne), after the marriage.