As the wife of the fourth President, James Madison, Dolley Madison played an important part in the political and social experiment that was the early American Republic. watch
As the wife of the fourth President, James Madison, Dolley Madison played an important part in the political and social experiment that was the early American Republic. watch
Dolley Madison lived through the two wars that established the U.S., was friends with the first 12 Presidents, and watched America evolve from a struggling young republic to the first modern democracy in the world. She was nicknamed “Queen Dolley,” and when she died in 1849 at the age of 81 — one of the last remaining members of the founding generation — Washington City honored her with the largest state funeral the capital had ever seen for a woman. watch