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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...
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    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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    of the state by the United States, the town was renamed in honor of Edmund Randolph, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. With productive...
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    1959–1967 Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (born 1938), commonly known as Jerry Brown; governor of California Edmund Peiris, Sri Lankan Muhandiram Edmund Randolph (1753–1813)...
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    all the colonies free. When he at last spoke, according to clergyman Edmund Randolph, Henry "appeared in an element for which he was born. To cut the knot...
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    a radical departure from the Articles of Confederation. On May 29, Edmund Randolph, the governor of Virginia, presented the Virginia Plan to the convention...
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    a bicameral legislature. The plan was drafted by James Madison and Edmund Randolph. The Virginia Plan was notable for its role in setting the overall...
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    the first after the US Constitution was ratified. Edmund Randolph, grandson of Sir John Randolph, was an aid-de-camp to George Washington in the American...
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    legitimacy to the convention. On March 28, Washington told Governor Edmund Randolph that he would attend the convention but made it clear that he was urged...
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    Greater St. Louis area. Randolph County was organized in 1795 out of a part of St. Clair County. It was named in honor of Edmund Randolph, Governor of Virginia...
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  • important alternative to the Virginia Plan proposed by James Madison and Edmund Randolph of Virginia. Its proposals would have created a political entity similar...
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    instrument 28 U.S.C. § 503 Formation September 26, 1789 First holder Edmund Randolph Succession Seventh Deputy Deputy Attorney General Salary Executive...
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    Retrieved November 9, 2021. "Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Edmund Jennings Randolph (1753–1813)". Office of the Historian. Archived from the original...
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  • President of the Continental Congress Peyton Randolph, the first U.S. Attorney General Edmund Randolph, the fourth U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John...
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    Street was named for Randolph County, Illinois, in turn named after Edmund Randolph (1753–1813), Governor of Virginia, Secretary of State, and the first...
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    Washington named him Attorney General for the United States to replace Edmund Randolph. He died while in office as US Attorney General in 1795. He was buried...
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    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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    Edmund Randolph Peaslee (January 22, 1814 – January 21, 1878) was an American physician. Peaslee, son of James and Abigail (Chase) Peaslee, was born in...
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    William Pierce, Georgia Edmund Randolph, Virginia * Caleb Strong, Massachusetts George Wythe, Virginia Robert Yates, New York (*) Randolph, Mason, and Gerry...
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    Sitting as the General Court, they also appointed Randolph one of the executors (along with Wythe and Edmund Pendleton) of the former speaker's estate, which...
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    a Committee of Detail, including John Rutledge (South Carolina), Edmund Randolph (Virginia), Nathaniel Gorham (Massachusetts), Oliver Ellsworth (Connecticut)...
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    pure "federal" Edmund Randolph, VA consolidated government William Paterson, NJ states and congress equal On May 29, Edmund Randolph (VA) proposed the...
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  • Nicaragua. Randolph was born in Richmond, Virginia, the son of Peyton and Maria Ward Randolph. He was also the grandson of Edmund Jennings Randolph and grandnephew...
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    States for officeholders to obtain multiple positions over the years. Edmund Randolph became the first person to have served in two different presidential...
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  • July 18, 2023. "Edmund Randolph". George Washington's Mount Vernon. Retrieved July 18, 2023. Sobel 1978, p. 1623. "Beverley Randolph". National Governors...
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    Edmund Randolph Williams (May 1, 1871 – June 9, 1952) was an American lawyer from Richmond, Virginia. In 1896, he began practicing law with William Wirt...
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    his life abroad in England and France, where he wrote biographies of Edmund Randolph, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Thomas Paine and his own autobiography. He...
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    as the Large State Plan or the Randolph Plan) for structuring the federal government is presented by Edmund Randolph. May 29 • Pinckney Plan for structuring...
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    Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War Henry Knox and Attorney General Edmund Randolph. Vice President John Adams was not included in Washington's Cabinet...
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    patent was signed by President George Washington, Attorney General Edmund Randolph, and Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. The other U.S. patents issued...
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