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Edmund Jennings Randolph (August 10, 1753 – September 12, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States, attorney, and the 7th Governor of Virginia. As a delegate from Virginia, he attended the Constitutional Convention and helped to create the national constitution while serving on its Committee of Detail.
Edmund Jennings Randolph was a Virginia lawyer who played an important role in drafting and ratifying the U.S. Constitution and served as attorney general and later secretary of state in George Washington’s cabinet.
Edmund Randolph was born on August 10, 1753, to a prominent Virginia family. After graduating from the College of William & Mary, he pursued a career in law. He served as an aide-de-camp to General George Washington in 1775 and later had an extensive political career.
May 11, 2018 · Edmund Randolph (1753-1813), American statesman and lawyer, was an exceedingly influential public figure from 1780 to 1800. Edmund Randolph's father, of a family long prominent in Virginia, was king's attorney and returned to England before the American Revolution.
Edmund Randolph was a prominent lawyer and statesman who served as the seventh Governor of Virginia, the first United States Attorney General, and the second United States Secretary of State.
Edmund Randolph grew up surrounded with influential people, and himself became, perhaps, the most influential of them all. Randolph was born on August 10, 1753 in Williamsburg Virginia. He attended the College of William and Mary and pursued a career in law.
After the war, Randolph became Mayor of Williamsburg, a delegate to the Continental Congress, and eventually, Governor of Virginia -- a position he held when named to serve in the Constitutional Convention.
Edmund Randolph. Born August 10, 1753, in Williamsburg, Virginia. Parents: John and Ariana Jenings Randolph. Siblings: Susannah Beverly and Ariana. Spouse: Elizabeth Nicholas. Children: Peyton, Susan, John Jenings, Edmonia, and Lucy. Died September 13, 1813 at Carter Hall, Frederick County, Virginia. Attended College of William & Mary.
Edmund Jennings Randolph was born in Williamsburg, Virginia, on August 10, 1753, and studied there at the College of William and Mary. Randolph was only 23 years of age when he gained his first political experience as a delegate to the Virginia state constitutional convention in 1776.
randolph, edmund (1753–1813) In 1776 Edmund Jenings Randolph, lawyer, mayor of Williamsburg, and aide to General george washington, was the youngest delegate to the convention that adopted the virginia declaration of rights and constitution.
