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Dolley Todd Madison (née Payne; May 20, 1768 – July 12, 1849) was the wife of James Madison, the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. She was noted for holding Washington social functions in which she invited members of both political parties, essentially spearheading the concept of bipartisan cooperation.
James and Dolley Madison and John: Prior to becoming First Lady and marrying the President, Dolley Madison was a widow who had two children, John Payne Todd and William Temple Todd, from a previous marriage to Quaker lawyer John Todd. Her husband and youngest son both suddenly died when yellow fever struck Philadelphia in 1793. The following ...
President James Madison and his wife, Dolley moved into the Octagon on September 8, 1814, after the burning of the White House by British forces. President Madison ratified the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812, in the upstairs study at the Octagon on February 17, 1815. Dolley was also known to throw parties on Wednesday nights known ...
The Washington, DC institution acquired a rare daguerreotype of former First Lady Dolley Madison, wife of fourth US president James Madison, for $456,000.
Dolley Madison, then Dolley Todd, was a young widow when she caught the eye of then-Rep. James Madison of Virginia, who was then 17 years her senior. The pair married in September 1794 and were ...
The Cutts–Madison House (also known as the Dolley Madison House) is an American colonial-style [1] historic home, now used for offices located at 1520 H Street NW in Washington, D.C. The house is best known for being the residence of former First Lady Dolley Madison , who lived there from November 1837 until her death in July 1849.
After U.S. government officials and President Madison fled the city, First Lady Dolley Madison received a letter from her husband, urging her to be prepared to leave Washington at a moment's notice. [34] Dolley organized the enslaved and other staff to save valuables from the British. [35]
Portrait of Dolley Madison is an 1804 portrait painting by the American artist depicting the future First Lady of the United States Dolley Madison, who had married James Madison in 1794. [1] [2] Stuart was a leading portraitist who had spent many years in London and Dublin before returning to the United States.