James Madison is one of the most famous founding fathers, writing numerous political papers such as parts of the Federalist Papers and the United States Constitution, and eventually becoming the ...

Dolley Payne is born in the Quaker community of New Garden (now part of Greensboro), North Carolina to parents John Payne and Mary Coles Payne. Dolley’s father, John Payne, liberates his slaves and ...

When Bill Clinton ran for president in 1992, he promised Americans that they were getting “two for the price of one” because of the professional accomplishments of his wife Hillary. Now America is ...

At James Madison’s Montpelier, the mission is to educate people about the roles those who lived there played in history. While James Madison is famous for being the father of the Constitution, his ...

Before she moved to Washington, D.C., with America's fourth president, Dolley Madison lived in a brick house on Walnut Street. Over two centuries later, she's returning to her roots with an event ...

Still, Madison resisted. Dolley summoned all her social resources to persuade the congressmen to change their minds. At Octagon House, she presided over several scaled-down versions of her White House ...

The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., has acquired an image of Dolley Madison, believed to be the first photograph of a U.S. first lady. The circa 1846 daguerreotype was purchased for ...

At the Norwell Historical Society’s annual meeting Sunday, Oct. 28, actress Janet Parnes portrayed First Lady Dolley Madison during a presentation on her life at the James Library & Center for the ...

Dolley Madison, the fashionable wife of President James Madison, was the hostess with the mostess in Washington from 1809 to 1817. She threw the best parties in town, hands down. So, what would she ...