HISTORY - On May 5, 1787 James Madison arrived in Philadelphia prepared for what would be known as the Constitutional Convention. His work earned him the right to be remembered in history as the Father of the Constitution. His intention, along with those of the other delegates, was that the United States have a strong but limited government. He later wrote in the Federalist Papers that having all the power in the hands of one faction "may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny."