Where did he live? What was his early life like Like most of the founding fathers of the United states James Madison grew up in Virginia he was born 1751 he grew up in the town named Montpelier. He was sick and frail he Was tireless in his studies, he studied so much he almost risked his health. What did he do? Why was he so important? Madison Was 25 when he was senate! Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay Written numerous articles now called the federalist papers, “The Federalist Paper are important because they established the principles that a strong national government needed to move the country past the articles of confederation toward a new system of government.” Said, Christian Grose Professor of Political Science