Peyton Randolph (September 10, 1721 – October 22, 1775) was an American politician and planter who was a Founding Father of the United States. Born into...
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The Peyton Randolph House, also known as the Randolph-Peachy House, is a historic house museum in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. Its oldest portion...
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name, she was named for Founding Father Peyton Randolph, president of the First Continental Congress. Randolph was commissioned in October 1944, and served...
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law with his father John Randolph and uncle Peyton Randolph. In 1775, with the start of the American Revolution, Randolph's father, an active Loyalist...
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Peyton Randolph (1779 – December 26, 1828) was a Democratic-Republican politician from Virginia who served as acting Governor of Virginia for several...
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for Charles City, Prince George, and Henrico Counties. Peyton Randolph, son of Sir John Randolph, was a speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses, chairman...
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Marshall, Paschal Beverly Randolph, Robert E. Lee, Peyton Randolph, Edmund Randolph, John Randolph of Roanoke, George W. Randolph, and Edmund Ruffin.[citation...
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The first USS Randolph was a 32-gun frigate in the Continental Navy named for Founding Father Peyton Randolph, the president of the First Continental...
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an official resignation, when Congress selected a successor. When Peyton Randolph, who was elected in September 1774 to preside over the First Continental...
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Continental Army and served as a United States Ambassador to Great Britain Peyton Randolph, speaker of Virginia's House of Burgesses, president of the First Continental...
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following year when it sent delegates to the Second Continental Congress. Peyton Randolph was elected as president of the Congress on the opening day, and he...
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of Burgesses for more than a decade, working with John Robinson and Peyton Randolph. In 1764, he worked with Patrick Henry, George Johnston and Robert...
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1754–1755, appointed by Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie while Peyton Randolph traveled to London on the burgesses' behalf to appeal Dinwiddie's charging...
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unanimously elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding Peyton Randolph after Henry Middleton declined the nomination. Hancock was a good choice...
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days of the First Continental Congress, following the departure of Peyton Randolph. Middleton opposed declaring independence from Great Britain and resigned...
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American actor Peyton R. Helm, eleventh president of Muhlenberg College Peyton Randolph (governor) (1779–1828), American politician Peyton Randolph (1721–1775)...
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Elizabeth, John Wollaston Edmund Randolph Peyton Randolph Peyton Randolph Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. William Randolph III of Wilton House circa 1755, John...
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John V. Beal, the town was named after Peyton Randolph, first president of the Continental Congress. Randolph was formerly the home of several large shoe...
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the Second Congress had also attended the First. They again elected Peyton Randolph as president of the Congress and Charles Thomson as secretary. Notable...
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The Peyton Randolph Bishop House is a historic house at 135 Washington Avenue in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Built in 1839 by a local building contractor...
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Caroline County - home of the Hoome family The Peyton Randolph House, 1715, Williamsburg—home of Peyton Randolph Piney Grove at Southall's Plantation, c. 1790...
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crisis, Randolph remained a Loyalist, unlike his brother Peyton Randolph, and his son, Edmund Randolph. In 1774, he wrote "Considerations on the Present State...
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to be called Randolph. It was named for Peyton Randolph, first president of the Continental Congress. In the antebellum period, Randolph County was economically...
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Governor's Palace (all reconstructed), the Courthouse, the Wythe House, the Peyton Randolph House, the Magazine, and the independently owned and functioning Bruton...
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Ludwell–Paradise House Matthew Whaley School Nicolson Store Palmer House Peyton Randolph House President's House Raleigh Tavern St. George Tucker House Tayloe...
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Baron Botetourt, Speaker of the House of Burgesses Sir John Randolph, and his son Peyton Randolph, the first President of the Continental Congress.[citation...
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payment of debts with Britain, and pledged supplies. They elected Peyton Randolph, the Speaker of the House of Burgesses, as the President of the convention...
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Ludwell–Paradise House Matthew Whaley School Nicolson Store Palmer House Peyton Randolph House President's House Raleigh Tavern St. George Tucker House Tayloe...
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Governors Association. Retrieved July 17, 2023. Sobel 1978, p. 1630. "Peyton Randolph". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 17, 2023. Sobel 1978...
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Among them was eldest daughter Lucy Bassett (1749–1809), who married Peyton Randolph (1738–1784). Another daughter, Anne Bassett (1753–1821), married David...
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