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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—VirginiaPeyton RANDOLPH
(1721-1775)
RANDOLPH, Peyton, (uncle
of Edmund Jenings Randolph), a Delegate from Virginia; born at
Tazewell Hall, Williamsburg, Va., in September 1721; received his
early education under private tutors; was graduated from the
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.; studied law at the
Inner Temple, London, England, and was appointed King’s
attorney for Virginia in 1748; member of the Virginia House of
Burgesses 1764-1774 and served as speaker in 1766; chairman of the
committee of correspondence in 1773; president of the Virginia
conventions of 1774 and 1775; Member of the Continental Congress in
Philadelphia, Pa., September 5, 1774, and elected its President but
resigned October 22, 1774, to attend the Virginia House of
Burgesses; reelected to the Continental Congress, which met in
Philadelphia in May 1775 and again served as President; died in
Philadelphia, Pa., October 22, 1775; interment beneath the chapel
of the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.
Bibliography
Reardon, John J. Peyton Randolph, 1721-1775: One Who
Presided. Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 1982.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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