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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“War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)
“Smitten as we are with the vision of social righteousness, a God indifferent to everything but adulation, and full of partiality for his individual favorites, lacks an essential element of largeness.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)