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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.
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Edmund Randolph, by Flavius Fisher, Courtesy Library of Virginia 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.
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Edmund Jennings Randolph succeeded Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State on January 2, 1794. Like Jefferson, Randolph resigned from office.
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May 11, 2018 · Edmund Randolph was highly influential in the political shaping of America, particularly between 1776 and 1800, when he served as Virginia's first attorney general, Virginia state governor, the first U.S. attorney general, and the nation's second secretary of state.
Oct 24, 2022 · Randolph was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a member of the Constitutional Convention. He was elected attorney general of Virginia in 1776, served until 1782 and served as Governor of Virginia from 1786-1788.
Edmund Randolph (1753-1813). John Angel James Wilcox (b. 1835). Engraving, undated. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
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.
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.
President Washington appointed Randolph the first attorney general of the United States, making him a colleague of and mediator between thomas jefferson and alexander hamilton.
