what is james madison most famous for?
President of the United States
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 James Madison , a 1771 graduate of Princeton and its first graduate student : in the Law window in the nave 's south wall . 

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 Alexander Hamilton served as one of the first trustees of the Hamilton @-@ Oneida Academy in New York state . Later the Academy received a college charter in 1812 , and the school was formally renamed Hamilton College . Columbia University , Hamilton 's alma mater , has official memorials to Hamilton on its campus in New York City . The college 's main classroom building for the humanities is Hamilton Hall , and a large statue of Hamilton stands in front of it . The university press has published his complete works in a multivolume letterpress edition . Columbia University 's student group for ROTC cadets and Marine officer candidates is named the Alexander Hamilton Society . 

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 Among Ochs 's many admirers were the short story writer Breece D 'J Pancake and actor Sean Penn . Meegan Lee Ochs , who worked as Sean Penn 's personal assistant from 1983 to 1985 , wrote in her Foreword to Farewells & Fantasies that she and Penn discussed " over many years " the possibility of making a movie about her father ; the plan has not yet come to fruition , although Penn expressed an interest in the project as recently as February 2009 . Author Jim Carroll 's autobiography , The Basketball Diaries ( 1978 ) , was dedicated in memory of Phil Ochs . On the cover of The Go @-@ Betweens ' The Lost Album , Grant McLennan wore a shirt with the words " Get outta the car , Ochs " , a reference to the limousine incident involving Ochs and Dylan . The 1994 film Spanking the Monkey makes reference to Ochs and his suicide . Ochs is mentioned in the Stephen King novels The Tommyknockers and Hearts in Atlantis . 

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 Marie @-@ Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier , Marquis de Lafayette ( French pronunciation : ​ [ maʁki də la fajɛt ] ; 6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834 ) , in the U.S. often known simply as Lafayette , was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War . A close friend of George Washington , Alexander Hamilton , and Thomas Jefferson , Lafayette was a key figure in the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830 . 

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 Samuel Adams is a controversial figure in American history . Disagreement about his significance and reputation began before his death and continues to the present . 
