James Madison University - Index

James Madison University - Liberty & Learning - Index

1813 Payne Todd, the son of Dolley Madison, is sent to Europe as part of a
peace commission.
1814 Washington is evacuated.
1814 White House is burned by the British on August 24.
1814 Madison vetoes the National Bank Law.
1814 The Treaty of Ghent is signed in December and ends the War of 1812.
1815 Andrew Jackson defeats British forces at New Orleans in January, fifteen days
after the treaty is signed, but before word of the treaty reaches New Orleans.
1816 Second Bank of the United States is established, and William Jones is
appointed as its president.
1816 The American Colonization Society is formed.
1817 Madison vetoes the bill that would provide federal funding of roads and
canals, declaring it unconstitutional.
1817 Madison retires to Montpelier.
1817 Madison is elected president of the Agricultural Society of Albemarle County.
1826 Madison is elected rector of the University of Virginia after Thomas Jefferson’s
death.
1829 Madison serves as delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention
in Richmond.
1829 Nelly Conway Madison dies at the age of ninety-seven years.
1831 The Virginia Historical Society is founded, and James Madison is elected
an honorary member at the first meeting.
1833 Madison is named president of the American Colonization Society.
1834 Madison writes Advice for My Country.
1834 Madison resigns as rector of the University of Virginia.
1836 Madison dies at Montpelier on June 28.
1837 Congress purchases James Madison’s notes on the Constitution for $35,000.
1837 Dolley Madison moves to Washington, where she lives with her niece,
Anna Payne.
1839 Dolley Madison returns to Montpelier.
1841 Dolley Madison returns to Washington.
1844 Dolley Madison is given an honorary seat on the floor of the House of
Representatives.
1844 Dolley Madison sells Montpelier.
1848 Congress authorizes the purchase of James Madison’s papers for $25,000.
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