Though it is not confirmed that Dolley contracted the fever, she did fall ill around the same time but recovered. May 1794: James Madison U.S. Congressional Representative James Madison asks to ...

Dolley's name has lived on in the public eye, such as through ice cream brands like Dolly Madison Dairy of La Crosse (which, yes, dropped the "e" from her name). La Crosse Dairy, which operated ...

The National Portrait Gallery has acquired an image of Dolley Madison that's believed to be the first photograph of a first lady. The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery has acquired the first ...

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 ...

James Madison’s Montpelier hosted the dedication of the first and only commissioned statue of James and Dolley Madison on Wednesday, May 27, on the back lawn of the Madison home in Orange.

Sometime around May 1846, Dolley Madison made her way from her home near the White House to the studio of an enterprising photographer who had begun a quixotic effort to create a daily publication ...