EDMUND J. RANDOLPH

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FULL NAME:
Edmund Jenings Randolph

BORN:
August 10, 1753;
Williamsburg, Virginia

DIED:
September 12, 1813;
Millwood, Virginia

EDUCATION:
College of William and Mary

POLITICAL PARTY:
Federalist

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1775:

Served in Revolutionary Army,
Aide-de-camp to General George Washington;
1776-1777:
Mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia
1776-1786:
Attorney General of Virginia
1779, 1781-1782:
Delegate  to the Continental Congress
1786-1788:
Governor of Virginia
1787:
Delegate to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia
1788:
Delegate to the Virginia Ratification Convention
1790-1794:
First U.S. Attorney General 
1794-1795:
U.S. Secretary of State
1804:
Sued by federal government for unauthorized expenditures as Secretary of State

BIOGRAPHIES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
College of William & Mary
Mount Vernon
Department of Justice
Department of State
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
Omitted Chapters of History Disclosed in the Life and Papers of Edmund Randolph

PORTRAITS:

Artist: Casimir Gregory Stapko (State Department Portrait)
Artist: John Mix Stanley (Department of Justice Portrait)