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| Affiliation | Democratic-Republican |
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| Name | John Payne Todd |
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| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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February 29, 1792
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| Died | January 16, 1852
(59 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Magical Horse
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| Info | He was the son of Dolley Madison, Born 1792, died 1852.
The fourth President had no biological children of his own but married Dorothea "Dolley" Dandridge Payne Todd, a widow, who was the mother of two. The lifelong misconduct of her son, John Payne Todd, burdened both Dolley and the husband who loved her. The boy was a charlatan and a disgrace to his parents. He was an alcoholic, a gambler and a thief. He would disappear, drinking, for long periods of time. The only time he would write his mother is when he ran out of money. She didn't know if he was dead or alive. After Madison's death, John attempted to cheat his own mother. He threatened to sell the former president's priceless personal papers. At eighty years of age, Dolley wrote him a bitter, disappointed letter, begging him to take back his threats. She was never to receive an answer and died the following year.
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