American Founding Father and politician (1753–1813)
For Edmund Randolph (1819–1861), grandson of Edmund Jennings Randolph, see Edmund Randolph (ante bellum jurist).
Edmund Randolph
2nd United States Secretary of State
In office January 2, 1794 – August 20, 1795
President
George Washington
Preceded by
Thomas Jefferson
Succeeded by
Timothy Pickering
1st United States Attorney General
In office September 26, 1789 – January 26, 1794
President
George Washington
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
William Bradford
7th Governor of Virginia
In office December 1, 1786 – December 1, 1788
Preceded by
Patrick Henry
Succeeded by
Beverley Randolph
1st Attorney General of Virginia
In office July 4, 1776 – November 30, 1786
Preceded by
John Randolph (for Colonial Virginia)
Succeeded by
James Innes
Personal details
Born
Edmund Jennings Randolph
(1753-08-10)August 10, 1753 Williamsburg, Virginia, British America
Died
September 12, 1813(1813-09-12) (aged 60) Millwood, Virginia, U.S.
Political party
Federalist
Spouse
Elizabeth Nicholas
Children
Peyton Randolph
Parent
John Randolph
Relatives
Peyton Randolph (uncle)
Education
College of William and Mary
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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. He was appointed the first United States Attorney General by George Washington and subsequently served as the second Secretary of State during the Washington administration.
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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important alternative to the Virginia Plan proposed by James Madison and EdmundRandolph of Virginia. The less populous states were strongly opposed to the...
a Committee of Detail, including John Rutledge (South Carolina), EdmundRandolph (Virginia), Nathaniel Gorham (Massachusetts), Oliver Ellsworth (Connecticut)...
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as the Large State Plan or the Randolph Plan) for structuring the federal government is presented by EdmundRandolph. May 29 • Pinckney Plan for structuring...
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...
Retrieved November 9, 2021. "Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Edmund Jennings Randolph (1753–1813)". Office of the Historian. Archived from the original...
July 18, 2023. "EdmundRandolph". George Washington's Mount Vernon. Retrieved July 18, 2023. Sobel 1978, p. 1623. "Beverley Randolph". National Governors...
protests of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Attorney General EdmundRandolph, Hamilton produced what has now become the doctrine of implied powers...
Convention and Revolutionary wartime governor, led those opposed. Governor EdmundRandolph, who had refused to sign the Constitution in the Philadelphia Convention...
violent resistance in western North Carolina, but Attorney General EdmundRandolph argued that there was insufficient evidence to legally justify such...
EdmundRandolph won re-election in the Virginia General Assembly as he ran unopposed. On election day, 30 November 1787, Federalist candidate Edmund Randolph...