MADISON, DOLLEY

1768–1849, wife of President James Madison, b. Guilford co., N.C. Born Dolley Payne of Quaker parents, she was brought up in simplicity and was married (1790) to a Quaker, John Todd, who died in the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. She left the Friends to marry Madison in 1794. In later years as official White House hostess for President Jefferson (who was a widower) and for her husband, both in the White House and at Montpelier, she was noted for the magnificence of her entertaining as well as for charm, tact, and grace.

See her memoirs and letters (1886, repr. 1971); biography by E. S. Arnett (1972).

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books on: Madison Dolley  - 121 results

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Dolly Madison
Book by Maud Wilder Goodwin; Charles Scribners Sons, 1896
Subjects: First ladies--United States--Biography, Madison, Dolley--1768-1849
...will, were now both dead. Dolly Madison therefore was the only surviving witness...says the old record, "appeared Dolley P. Maddison sic , of the State of...Western Virginia and Kentucky. In the Madison Papers are a number of letters on...
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James Madison
Book by Jeremy Roberts; Lerner, 2004
Subjects: Madison, James--1751-1836--Juvenile Literature, Presidents--United States--Biography--Juvenile Literature
...great-great- grandfather), 9-10 Madison, Ambrose (brother), 12, 66, 72 Madison, Dolley Payne Todd, 62, 63, 71, 83-84, 97, 102; courtship with James Madison Jr., 65; as First Lady, 88, 100; first...
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Murder at Montpelier: Igbo Africans in Virginia
Book by Douglas B. Chambers; University Press of Mississippi, 2005
Subjects: Culture Conflict--Virginia--History--18th Century, Igbo (African People)--Cultural Assimilation--Virginia--Orange County--History--18th Century, Madison, Ambrose--Ca. 1696-1732--Death And Burial, Madison, James--1751-1836--Family, Montpelier (Va. : Dwelling)--History, Murder--Virginia--Orange County--History--18th Century, Orange County (Va.)--Biography, Plantation Life--Virginia--Orange County--History--18th Century, Slaves--Virginia--Orange County--Social Conditions--18th Century, Virginia--Race Relations
...8, 1 i o, 175-76 Louisiana, 3, 139 Madison, Ambrose and African slave trade, 75...13,14,19,ii2, 143,157,188,192 Madison, Dolley, 96, 138, 140, 147, i53, i56 Madison, Col. James, 95, 97, 104, lo6,iogli3...
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Presidents from Washington through Monroe, 1789-1825: Debating the Issues in Pro and Con Primary Documents
Book by Amy H. Sturgis; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Adams, John--1735-1826--Political And Social Views, Jefferson, Thomas--1743-1826--Political And Social Views, Madison, James--1751-1836--Political And Social Views, Monroe, James--1758-1831--Political And Social Views, Presidents--United States--History--18th Century--Sources, Presidents--United States--History--19th Century--Sources, United States--Politics And Government--1789-1815--Sources, United States--Politics And Government--1815-1861--Sources, Washington, George--1732-1799--Political And Social Views
...8 , 53 , 72 74 m Maclay, William, 42 Madison, Dolley, 50 , 122 123 , 126 , 138 139 , 156 Madison, James, xiii xv , 1 2 , 6 , 13 14 , 17...debts, 24 , 27 28 ; on executive power see Madison, James, on West Florida ; Francophilism...
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Presidential Wives
Book by Paul F. Boller; Oxford University Press, 1988
Subjects: Presidents' Spouses--United States--Anecdotes, Presidents' Spouses--United States--Biography
...to see me this evening." 6 Dolley saw Madison that evening, and many other...regretted her decision. As Mrs. Madison, Dolley began to blossom socially both in Philadelphia, where Madison attended Congress, and at Montpelier...
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"A Constant Attention"
Journal article by Holly C. Shulman; The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 118, 2010
Subjects: Conventions, Editing, Families & family life, Madison, Dolley (1768-1849), Politics, Publishing industry
...Attention" by Holly C. Shulman Dolley Madison and the Publication of the Papers...1837 On 6 April 1817, James and Dolley Madison left Washington, D. C, their...proved unjustified. In the end, Dolley Madison could not find a publisher who...
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Pederson, William D. and Frank J. Williams (Eds.). Creative Breakthroughs in Leadership: James Madison, Abraham Lincoln and Mahatma Gandhi
Journal article by Hasan Al Zayed; Journal of Third World Studies, Vol. 25, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Creative Breakthroughs in Leadership: James Madison, Abraham Lincoln and Mahatma Gandhi (Book)--Book reviews
...essays, eight are on James and Dolley Madison. The first essay of this volume...enemies. There are three essays on Dolley Madison in this book. The first of these...Activism in the White House: Dolley Madison and Mary Lincoln" by historian...
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The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series
Journal article by Ralph Ketcham; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 74, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series, vol 7, 2 April-31 August 1804 (Book)--Book reviews
The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series. by Ralph...with Jefferson about summer visits. Madison was hoping to visit Jefferson at Monticello at the end of August, along with Dolley Madison and the French minister Louis-Andre...
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The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series
Journal article by Ralph Ketcham; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 77, 2011
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series, vol. 6, 8 February-24 October 1813 (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, The Papers of James Madison: Retirement Series, vol. 1, 4 March 1817-31 January 1820 (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...for the volume in his praise of Madison as he departed the capital for...Jeffersons "friend and successor, Madison had a like devotion to principle...permit us ... to add referring to Dolley Payne Madison irradiated by a grace and benevolence...
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Jefferson's Madison vs. Jefferson's Monroe
Journal article by Andrew Burstein; Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 28, 1998
Subjects: Jefferson, Thomas--Attitudes, Madison, James--Attitudes, Presidents--Attitudes, Style (Philosophy)--Political aspects
...dull and infirm." However, Madison outlived the younger Monroe...constitution than he let on. Madison and Monroe both engaged in...Even Madisons vivacious wife Dolley was a more popular first lady...to the naturally congenial Madison. Lacking Jeffersons breadth...
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magazine articles on: Madison Dolley  - 41 results

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U.va. Puts Dolley Madison's Letters on the Web
Magazine article; Computers in Libraries, Vol. 25, January 2005
Subjects: Correspondence, First ladies, Internet resources, Madison, Dolley (1768-1849), Online data bases, United States, University of Virginia
U.va. Puts Dolley Madisons Letters on the Web The University...scholarship with the release of the Dolley Madison Digital Edition, an edited collection...all of the known correspondence of Dolley Payne Madison, wife of James Madison, the fourth...
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The Demise of Protocol
Magazine article by David B. Mattern, Holly C. Shulman; Humanities, Vol. 26, January 2005
Subjects: Behavior, International relations, Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826), Madison, Dolley (1768-1849), Politics, Protocol
...in Washington on May 1, 1801. Dolley Madison was then thirty-three years...enthusiastic, and immensely sociable. Dolley Madison was to become a key member of...and scandalous consequences." Dolley Madison would be swept into conflict through...
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James Madison and Church-State Separation
Magazine article by Rob Boston; Church & State, Vol. 54, March 2001
Subjects: Church and state--History, Constitutional history--Analysis, Madison, James--Attitudes
JAMES MADISON AND CHURCH-STATE SEPARATION...tourist landmark. By contrast, Madison has no memorial in the capital...only now being reconstructed. Madison died in debt, forcing his wife Dolley to give up the estate in 1844...
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Designs for a Republic
Magazine article by Laura Wolff Scanlan; Humanities, Vol. 27, January 2006
Subjects: American history, Designers, Furniture, Interior design, Latrobe, Benjamin Henry (1764-1820), Madison, James (1751-1836)
...Designs for a Republic by Laura Wolff Scanlan WHEN JAMES MADISON and his wife Dolley moved into the Presidents House in 1809, some rooms...of the Latrobedesigned furniture survived. Dolley Madison lamented the loss in a letter to Latrobes wife, Mary...
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Founding Friendship
Magazine article by Stuart Leibiger; History Today, Vol. 51, July 2001
Subjects: Constitutional history--United States, Madison, James--Political activity, Washington, George--Political activity
...role on behalf of Madison in helping to arrange his marriage. Dolley Todd, a young Quaker...three-year-old Madison had been courting...six-year-old Dolley, Washingtons wife...the Washingtons, Dolley married James, or...the great Little Madison. The ceremony took...
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The First True First Lady; Historian Chronicles Dolley Madison's Role in Politics
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 20, 2006
Subjects: Historians--Political aspects, Madison, Dolley--Political activity
...newest book, "A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American...know it. Question: What made Dolley Madison unique in her time? Answer...imagine a bipartisan system. But Dolley Madison could, and she politicked in...
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At Home with Dolley and James Madison
Newspaper article by Rick Britton; The Washington Times, January 10, 2002
Subjects: Madison, James
...luxurious. - Katharine Anthony, "Dolley Madison," 1949 In central Virginia...the later classical revival that Dolley Madison favored. Underneath the dining...goes on to the fancy furniture Dolley Madison had built for her when she was...
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Inside the Dolley Madison House
Newspaper article by Gabriella Boston; The Washington Times, May 30, 2001
Inside the Dolley Madison House by Gabriella Boston A stones...post-presidency home of James and Dolley Madison. James Madison paid only infrequent...later became the perfect home for Dolley Madison, a socialite extraordinaire who moved...
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A Great Composer, Serene First Lady
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 18, 2005
Subjects: Composers, Madison, Dolley, Madison, James
...Strength and Honor: The Life of Dolley Madison (Corinthian, $29.95, 444...congressman from Virginia, James Madison. Dolley moved easily into her new role...husband at the front, it fell to Dolley Madison to evacuate the White House...
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MONTPELIER REVEALED; $24 Million Restoration Uncovers the Home Built by the Father of the Constitution
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 31, 2008
Subjects: Madison, Dolley
...Montpelier, the home of James and Dolley Madison, isnt as well known as Mount...Nelly. After her husband died, Dolley Madison sold the property in 1844 and...Quinn. We had to bring James and Dolley Madison back and the only way to do that...
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encyclopedia articles on: Madison Dolley  - 6 results

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Madison, Dolley
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MADISON, DOLLEY 1768 1849, wife of President James Madison, b. Guilford co., N.C. Born Dolley Payne of Quaker parents, she was brought up in simplicity and was married (1790) to a Quaker, John Todd, who died in the yellow fever epidemic...
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Madison, James
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...to reimpose the trade embargo on the other. Madison, accepting an ambiguous French statement as...Jacksonian democracy. Through these later upheavals Madison lived quietly with his wife, Dolley Madison, after his retirement in 1817 to Montpelier...
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Jefferson, Thomas
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...successful until 1786, when James Madison was able to carry part of the Jeffersonian...often advised his successors, Madison and James Monroe . One of his cherished...During his White House years, Dolley Madison served as his First Lady. In the...
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Browere, John Henri Isaac
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...busts. Among his subjects were John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Thomas Jefferson, De Witt Clinton, and James and Dolley Madison (N.Y. State Historical Assoc., Cooperstown). The artistry of Broweres work lies in the choice of expression...
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Greensboro
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...park. The first sit-in during the civil rights movement occurred at a Greensboro Woolworth lunch counter in 1960. Dolley Madison , O. Henry , and Edward R. Murrow were born in Greensboro. Among its educational institutions are the Univ. of...
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