James Madison served as President of the United States from 1809 to 1817. During his tenure, he led the young nation through the largest conflict it had seen since the revolution; the War of 1812.

He rekindled friendships made decades previously with John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe and John Quincy Adams; he also established a new link with Andrew Jackson.

JAMES MADISON: COMMANDER IN CHIEF (627 pp.)—Irving Brant—Bobbs-Merrill ... At war’s end, Madison did not win a single major concession from the British in the settlement.