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How did James Madison and Dolley Madison break up?

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Dolley Madison enjoyed dressing up and throwing parties at the whitehouse. Everyone, anyone, was invited.


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Dolley Madison was born in North Carolina but she grew up in Virginia and then went to Philadelphia with her family.


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She valued her family and friends the most. She enjoyed it when people got along. She brought enemies together and they ended up having polite conversations.


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Did Dolley Madison face hardships?

She had her share of difficulties. He father sold the family plantation and went to Philadelphia where he went bankrupt in the starch business and died soon after. She married when was 21. Four years later, Dolley's young husband and younger son died from yellow fever, as well as his parents, so Dolley was left a widow with one son and no money at age 25. She was more or less forced to get married again and she had an offer from James Madison who was a 43 year-old bachelor , 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighed 100 pounds. They did not have children, but he went on to great things. While she was first lady, the British burned the White House, so they had to move. Her son grew up to be problem - did not work, drank too much and ran up huge gambling debts. Her husband died . She had to sell the plantation and died in Washington a virtual pauper.


Who was president when the British set the White House on fire?

The President that was in office when the White House was burned down was James Madison. It was burned down on August 24, 1814 by British Troops in retaliation for the American attack on York in Ontario, Canada.