Ketcham, Ralph

Ralph Ketcham is a Professor of History (emeritus) at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He is the author of the authoritative  biography of James Madison.  Dr. Ketcham's other publications include The Idea of Democracy in the Modern Era (Univ. Press of Kansas, 2004), Framed for Posterity:  The Enduring Philosophy of the Constitution (1993), Individualism in Public Life:  A Modern Dilemma (1987), and Presidents Above Party:  The First American Presidency, 1789-1829 (1984).