JAMES MADISON

DATES OF TERM

• 1809-1817
• 2 Terms

CABINET MEMBERS

• James Monroe
• William H. Crawford

POLITICAL PARTY

• Democratic-Republican

BACKGROUND

• First lady: Dolley Madison
• Children: None
• Education: attended Princeton University

DOLLEY MADISON

• 1st to decorate the White House
• After War of 1812 devoted her energy to improving welfare of orphaned children

CHARACTERISTICS

• Small
• Old and worn looking
• Described as "but a withered little apple-John

MAJOR EVENTS

• 1811- Battle of Tippecano, led by William Henry Harrison
• 1812- War declared on England
• 1814- City of Washington caltured and burned by British
• 1814- Treaty of Ghent ended War of 1812, but fighting continued
• 1815- Andrew Jackson defeated British at New Orleans

SCANDALS

• Aaron Burr's conspiracy