Overnight, James Madison had gone from being a potentially impeachable president to a national hero, thanks to Gen. Andrew Jackson’s—and Dolley Madison’s—resolve. Demobilized soldiers were ...

James Madison, the "Father of the Constitution ... A slight man of less than 100 pounds, Madison's marriage to the buxom and vivacious Dolley Payne Todd surprised many and provided the nation ...

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 ...

They include: -- William Thornton, architect of the Capitol in Washington, in 1759 -- Dolley Madison, wife of the fourth U.S. president, James Madison, in 1768 -- French novelist Honore de Balzac ...