First, James Madison was the first president to declare war in the U.S. According to his special message to congress about the war on June 1, 1815 he tried declaring war because of a foreign nation was ¨violating the american flag and seizing and carrying off persons sailing¨. On December 5, 1815 he stated the union address that the national authority would do best dealing
First, James Madison was the first president to declare war in the U.S. According to his special message to congress about the war on June 1, 1815 he tried declaring war because of a foreign nation was ¨violating the american flag and seizing and carrying off persons sailing¨. On December 5, 1815 he stated the union address that the national authority would do best dealing