Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Portrait of Dolley Madison - Fine Art/Getty Images James Madison is one of the most famous founding fathers, writing numerous ...

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 ...

Some historians and curators suspect that the empire-style gown, which Dolley Madison owned until her death in 1849, may have been made from the curtains she salvaged ...

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 ...

On this day in 1844, the House honored Dolley Madison, the widow of James Madison, the nation’s fourth president. By unanimous consent, the lawmakers, in a rare gesture, voted to grant the former ...

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 ...

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 ...

As the British neared the White House, Dolley Madison directed that a Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington be removed. The Montpelier Foundation In the years leading up to America’s second war ...