William Madison

{{Short description|American military officer}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1762|5|5}}

| death_date ={{Death date and age|1843|7|20|1762|5|5}}

| birth_place =King George, Virginia, British America

| death_place =Woodberry Forest, Virginia, U.S.

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| rank = Lieutenant general

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| battles = American Revolutionary War
War of 1812

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William Madison (May 5, 1762 – July 20, 1843) was an American general. He attended Hampden–Sydney College and served in the American Revolutionary War and War of 1812. A son of James Madison Sr. and Eleanor Rose Conway, he was the younger brother of James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.{{Cite journal|jstor = 1915370|title = Record of General Wm. Madison's Family|journal = The William and Mary Quarterly|volume = 6|issue = 2|pages = 116–117|last1 = Grinnan|first1 = A. G|doi = 10.2307/1915370|year = 1897}}{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/sketchdabneysvi00dabngoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/sketchdabneysvi00dabngoog/page/n195 189]|quote=William Madison general.|title=Sketch of the Dabneys of Virginia: With Some of Their Family Records|publisher=Press of S. D. Childs & Company|last1=Dabney|first1=William Henry|year=1888}} Madison married Frances Throckmorton and had eleven children.{{Cite web|url=http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/dmde/editorialnote.xqy?note=all|title=Editorial Essays}} He was the grandfather of Confederate brigadier general James E. Slaughter.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}