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James Madison, Father of the U.S. Constitution. In May, 1787 the 55 Delegates to the United States Constitutional Convention set off to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Traveling in the late 18th century wasn't easy, and what would take modern Americans just hours took the Founding Fathers weeks.
James Madison is generally regarded as the father of the United States Constitution. No other delegate was better prepared for the Federal Convention of 1787, and no one contributed more than Madison to shaping the ideas and contours of the document or to explaining its meaning.e decided that âthe best dreamer of it was Madison.â âNow I knowâI think I knowâ¦âwhat Madison's dream was,â Frost wrote. âIt was just a dream of a new land to fulfill with people in self-control. That is all through his thinkingâ¦. To fulfill this landâa new landâwith people in self-control.â [31].