James Madison Sr.

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Colonel James Madison Sr.
Portrait by Charles Peale Polk, 1800
Born	James Madison (1723-03-27)March 27, 1723 Orange County, Virginia, British America
Died	February 27, 1801(1801-02-27) (aged 77) Montpelier, Orange County, Virginia, U.S.
Resting place	Madison Family Cemetery
Occupation(s)	Tobacco planter and politician
Spouse	Eleanor Rose Conway
Children	12, including James Madison and William Madison
Parent(s)	Ambrose Madison (father) Frances Taylor (mother)
Relatives	John Madison Jr. (grandfather) Lt. Col. John Madison Sr. (great-grandfather) Richard Taylor (first cousin) Zachary Taylor (first cousin, once removed)
Military career
Allegiance	Virginia
Service / branch	Virginia Militia
Rank	Colonel

Col. James Madison Sr. (March 27, 1723 – February 27, 1801) was a prominent Virginia planter and politician who served as a colonel in the Virginia militia during the American Revolutionary War. He inherited Mount Pleasant, later known as Montpelier, a large tobacco plantation in Orange County, Virginia and, with the acquisition of more property, had 5,000 acres and became the largest landowner in the county. He was the father of James Madison Jr., the 4th president of the United States, who inherited what he called Montpelier, and Lieutenant General William Taylor Madison, and great-grandfather of Confederate Brigadier General James Edwin Slaughter.