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was the father of the constitution meaning the sole male progenitor, for as Madison himself had show years earlier in federalist 38, while most government were the work of some individual citizen of preeminent wisdom and approved integrity, the Philadelphia experiment was the result of the select body of citizens, from whose common deliberations more wisdom as well as more safety might be assumed. Also he was thwarted on a wide range of minor and not so minor points, including two issues a federal negative veto over the states and proportional representation in both houses of congress that he considered crucial to his dream of a government that would safeguard private rights and still promote the public good. I believe James Madison was center be he represents both parties Democratic and Republican parties.