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Dolley Madison
Dolley Todd Madison was the wife of James Madison, the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. She was known for holding Washington social functions to which she invited members of both political parties, essentially spearheading the concept of bipartisan cooperation. Previous founders such as Thomas Jefferson would only meet with members of one party at a time, and politics could…
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culture · First Lady of the United States from 1809 to 1817 · writer · also Dolley Madison, Dolley Payne Todd Madison, Dolly Madison, Dolley Todd, Dolly P. Madison, Dolley Todd Madison
Born 20 May 1768 · Died 12 July 1849 · Q233638
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2024· 2 entries
The National Portrait Gallery obtained a daguerreotype of Dolley Madison, taken about 1846 by John Plumbe Jr
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2022· 1 entry
Yahoo: Dolley Madison Boulevard Corridor Update Planned At Upcoming Meeting
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2020· 1 entry
In the 2008 Siena Research Institute survey, Madison was ranked in the top-four of all criteria, ranking the 4th-highest in value to the country and 5th-highest in public image
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2018· 2 entries
The Washington Post: So Dolley Madison didn’t personally save the painting. But she risked her life to save it.
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Politico: House donors Dolley Madison, Jan. 8, 1844
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2016· 2 entries
The Hill: Could Dolley Madison have become the first female president?
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The Daily Progress: Dolley Madison’s evolution from 'first first lady' to commercial icon
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2013· 1 entry
“How far were major (or even minor) US founding fathers cognisant of or pained by their failure to deal with the problems of slavery and the native Americans?”
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2010· 1 entry
PBS: Dolley Madison
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1849· 1 entry
Died 1849-07-12.
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1848· 2 entries
Including one featuring her niece, Anna Payne; the final one was taken in 1849, featuring President James Polk, his wife Sarah Polk, future President James Buchanan and future First Lady Harriet Lane
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Congress agreed to buy the rest of James Madison's papers for the sum of $22,000 or $25,000
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1845· 1 entry
Dolley Madison was baptized into St
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1844· 1 entry
Madison was with President John Tyler while aboard the USS Princeton when a "Peacemaker" cannon exploded in the process of being fired
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1841· 1 entry
Which would free Jennings after her death, though not her other slaves
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1830· 1 entry
Dolley Madison's son Payne Todd, who had never found a career, went to debtors' prison in Philadelphia, and the Madisons sold land in Kentucky and mortgaged half the Montpelier plantation to pay his debts
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1817· 1 entry
A month after his retirement from the presidency
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1814· 1 entry
Was credited with saving Gilbert Stuart's 1796 portrait of George Washington; she directed her personal slave Paul Jennings to save it
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1812· 1 entry
And invaded British North America in 1813, and a British force attacked Washington in 1814
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1809· 1 entry
Career landmark: First Lady of the United States (1809–1817).
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1800· 1 entry
Elected president of the United States, asked James Madison to serve as his secretary of state
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1785· 1 entry
“Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments”
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1768· 1 entry
Born 1768-05-20.
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