British set White House on fire, Aug. 24, 1812 President James Madison was forced to flee the White House. | Composite image by POLITICO By Andrew Glass 08/24/2018 12:06 AM EDT ...

James Monroe (L) and Alexander Hamilton (R) nearly dueled each other, but an unlikely political ally stepped in White House/National Portrait Gallery/Illustration by Shaylyn Esposito As Hamilton ...