Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS James Madison, after James Madison the fourth President of the United States:
- USRC James Madison (1807), was a revenue cutter launched in 1807 and captured by HMS Barbadoes on 22 August 1812 after a chase of seven hours. Her ultimate fate is unknown. But see below. She did not become HMS Alban; that was the American vessel William Bayard.
Briefly, her ultimate fate was as follows: sold as a prize to Lord Belmore, of Enniskillen in today's Northern Ireland; converted from schooner to brig rig, fitted with carronades, and sent out as a privateer against the US from Killybegs in Donegal. Papers are in Public Records Office in Belfast. After that war (and Waterloo) she was used for a family cruise to Egypt, Turkey and Greece. She was sold to the King of Naples and the family returned home in 1819 - Michael Clarke Historian Lough Erne Yacht Club
- USS James Madison (SSBN-627), was a nuclear-powered submarine commissioned in 1964 and decommissioned in 1992
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“Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as by the abuses of power.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)
“The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)
“I flatter myself [we] have in this country extinguished forever the ambitious hope of making laws for the human mind.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)