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Dolley Madison

1768 - 1849

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Dolley Todd Madison (née Payne; May 20, 1768 – July 12, 1849) was the wife of James Madison, the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. She was noted for holding Washington social functions in which she invited members of both political parties, essentially spearheading the concept of bipartisan cooperation. Previously, founders such as Thomas Jefferson would only meet with members of one party at a time, and politics could often be a violent affair resulting in physical altercations and even duels. Madison helped to create the idea that members of each party could amicably socialize, network, and negotiate with each other without violence. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dolley Madison is the 10,028th most popular politician (up from 10,153rd in 2019), the 3,836th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,554th in 2019) and the 326th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Dolley Madison ranks 10,028 out of 19,576. Before her are Sergei Kruglov, Ali ibn Muhammad, Masaniello, Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Andrei Kirilenko, and Dub, King of Scotland. After her are Vsevolod Merkulov, Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, José María Velasco Ibarra, Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia, Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro, and Louis III, Landgrave of Thuringia.

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Among people born in 1768, Dolley Madison ranks 27. Before her are Peter Wittgenstein, Sikandar Jah, Joseph Anton Koch, Wang Zhenyi, Elizabeth Monroe, and Jean-Baptiste Debret. After her are Maria Wirtemberska, Maria Edgeworth, Jacques Lauriston, Agustín Eyzaguirre, Jędrzej Śniadecki, and Zacharias Werner. Among people deceased in 1849, Dolley Madison ranks 39. Before her are François Habeneck, Delphine LaLaurie, Angelica Catalani, Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este, Andrés Manuel del Río, and Jacques-Laurent Agasse. After her are Jan Svatopluk Presl, Pierre François Verhulst, William Etty, Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria, Goffredo Mameli, and Maria Edgeworth.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dolley Madison ranks 3,836 out of 20,380. Before her are Captain Beefheart (1941), Carl Brashear (1931), Gerard Damiano (1928), Dee Wallace (1948), Kenny Loggins (1948), and Peter Strauss (1947). After her are Lee Konitz (1927), Meg Foster (1948), Richard Anderson (1926), Arielle Dombasle (1953), M. Emmet Walsh (1935), and Lenny Montana (1926).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Dolley Madison ranks 326. Before her are R. James Woolsey Jr. (1941), Jim Garrison (1921), William Windom (1827), Phil Scott (1958), Ignacio Zaragoza (1829), and Robert Gates (1943). After her are William P. Clark Jr. (1931), Daniel Inouye (1924), Leon Panetta (1938), Augustine Washington (1694), Cecil Andrus (1931), and Bill Kristol (1952).

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