c correspondences on his years as Secretary of State" (Ketcham 467). "After the electoral votes were in it was apparent that Madison was winning on a landslide with 122 votes" (Ketcham 468). "He was the highest praised running public official, and entered the presidency with strong public support" (Ketcham 468-469). "Clinton entered as Madison's Vice President" (Ketcham 466). "Madison's administrators of office formed one of the weakest cabinets ever." "Madison had multiple problems with his incompetent Secretary of State Robert B. Smith." "Smith was found to be leaking confidential information to the public and press" (Ketcham 483). "In 1811, Madison fired Robert Smith from office" (Ketcham 487). "Madison's hesitation on firing him was partly due to wanting James Monroe to take over the position" (Ketcham 485). The long dispute from the election had caused the friendship to fizzle." "The reconciliation of the two men's forty year friendship was the only way for Madison to ask Monroe to join him in office." "Monroe was elected in to office as Secretary of State in 1811" (Ketcham 485)."During his presidency, France & Britain had long been in the struggle of domination." "They had been preying on merchant citizen ships, by impounding the ships and their men" (The Federalist 4). "For fear that this nation had design on the interior of the U.S., it in turn led to the War of 1812" (The Federalist 4). "Not a very successful war president Madison was still elected to a second term a few months after war was declared" (The Federalist 4). "The many American land defeats, and the burning of the Capitol building, caused Madison's presidency to become known as a disaster" (The Federalist 4). "In 1814, the war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, but the fighting continued" (The Federalist 4)."During his final years in office president Madison turned his attention to domestic issues, and proposed measures that he strongly opposed years ea...
