Dolley gives birth to her first son, John Payne Todd. October 24, 1792 Dolley’s father, John Payne, dies. ... Dolley Madison campaigns behind the scenes for her husband in his presidential run.

Dolley Madison — one of America’s original first ladies and a Philly girl — has one of best rags-to-riches stories in America. ... Back in Philadelphia, when she was 25 years old living a humble but ...

She married lawyer John Todd at 22 and was widowed three years later in the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. In 1794 she married fellow Virginian and 43-year-old Congressman James Madison.

Dolly Madison was born Dorothy Payne in 1772. Her family resided in Virginia until 1786 and then moved to Philadelphia. Dorothy was raised a Quaker and in 1791 married John Todd, a wealthy ...

Though she is remembered as the wife of James Madison, the first lady had a first marriage to John Todd, a Philadelphia lawyer. The couple wed in 1790, only a few years after Madison, nee Payne ...

Dolley Payne was born May 20, 1768, in Guilford County, N.C., though her family was originally from Virginia. While living in Philadelphia, she met Quaker lawyer John Todd and they married in 1790 ...

James Madison marries Dolley Todd, Sept. 15, 1794 Dolley Madison re-enactor Lucinda Frailly speaks in the White House during a ceremony of the First Spouses Gold Coin Program on Nov. 19, 2007 .

On this day in 1848, the House approved a resolution to purchase the papers of President James Madison from his widow, Dolley Madison. The purchase price was $25,000, about $705,000 in today’s ...

Dolley gives birth to her first son, John Payne Todd. October 24, 1792 Dolley’s father, John Payne, dies. ... Dolley Madison campaigns behind the scenes for her husband in his presidential run.