Edmund Jennings Randolph: Framer and Statesman

Edmund Jennings Randolph

An attorney, politician, and Founding Father of the United States from Virginia. During the American Revolutionary War, he served as an aide-de-camp to George Washington. After independence, he served as the first Attorney General of Virginia, Governor of Virginia, delegate to the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention of 1787, the first Attorney General of the United States, and Secretary of State. At the Constitutional Convention, he presented the Virginia Plan and participated in drafting the Constitution, though he ultimately refused to sign the final document. He later supported the ratification of the Constitution at the Virginia Ratifying Convention.

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Year	Edmund Jennings Randolph
1753	Birth of Edmund Jennings Randolph (Period: August 10, 1753, Location: Williamsburg (present-day Virginia))
1770	Graduation from the College of William & Mary (Edmund Jennings Randolph, Age: 16 years old, Period: Early 1770s, Location: Williamsburg, Colony of Virginia)
1775	American Revolutionary War (Age: 21 years old, Period: 1775–1783, Location: Mainly the Southern Colonies and Western Appalachia) Appointment as Aide-de-Camp to George Washington (Edmund Jennings Randolph, Age: 21 years old, Period: 1775, Location: Continental Army, near Massachusetts)
1776	Participation in the Virginia Constitutional Convention (John Randolph of Roanoke, Age: 22 years old, Period: 1776, Location: Williamsburg, Virginia) Appointment as Attorney General of Virginia (Edmund Jennings Randolph, Age: 22 years old, Period: 1776–1786, Location: Virginia) Marriage (Edmund Jennings Randolph, Elizabeth Nicholas, Age: 23 years old, Period: August 29, 1776, Location: Around Williamsburg, Virginia)
1779	Delegate to the Continental Congress (Edmund Jennings Randolph, Age: 25 years old, Period: 1779–1782, Location: Philadelphia, etc.)
1786	Assumption of Office as Governor of Virginia (Edmund Jennings Randolph, Age: 32 years old, Period: 1786–1788, Location: Richmond, Virginia) Participation in the Annapolis Convention (Edmund Jennings Randolph, Age: 32 years old, Period: 1786, Location: Annapolis, Maryland)
1787	Participation in the Constitutional Convention and Committee of Detail (Edmund Jennings Randolph, Age: 33 years old, Period: 1787, Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Presentation of the Virginia Plan (Edmund Jennings Randolph, Age: 33 years old, Period: May 29, 1787, Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Refusal to Sign the U.S. Constitution (Edmund Jennings Randolph, Age: 34 years old, Period: September 17, 1787, Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
1788	Support for Ratification at the Virginia Ratifying Convention (Edmund Jennings Randolph, Age: 34 years old, Period: 1788, Location: Richmond, Virginia)
1789	French Revolution (Age: 35 years old, Period: Circa 1789–1799, Location: France) Appointment as First U.S. Attorney General (Edmund Jennings Randolph, Age: 36 years old, Period: September 26, 1789 – January 26, 1794, Location: Washington Administration, United States)
1793	Genêt Affair (Age: 39 years old, Period: 1793, Location: United States, Philadelphia, etc.) Oney Judge Affair (Age: 39 years old, Period: 1793, Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
1794	Political Dispute over the Jay Treaty (Age: 40 years old, Period: 1794–1795, Location: Washington, D.C.) Appointment as U.S. Secretary of State (Edmund Jennings Randolph, Age: 40 years old, Period: January 2, 1794 – August 20, 1795, Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
1795	Fauchet Affair (Age: 41 years old, Period: 1795, Location: Philadelphia, Washington, D.C.) Resignation as Secretary of State (Edmund Jennings Randolph, Age: 42 years old, Period: August 20, 1795, Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
1807	Treason Trial of Aaron Burr (Age: 53 years old, Period: 1807, Location: Richmond, Virginia)
1813	Death of Edmund Jennings Randolph (Age: 60 years old, Period: September 12, 1813)

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The Randolph Family	Peyton Randolph John Randolph of Roanoke Edmund Jennings Randolph Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. John Randolph
The Harrison Family	Benjamin Harrison V Carter Henry Harrison I William Henry Harrison Carter Bassett Harrison Benjamin Harrison IV
Wars with Indigenous Peoples and Territorial Expansion	Andrew Jackson William Henry Harrison John Sevier Isaac Shelby Tecumseh William Weatherford Pushmataha Osceola Sequoyah
Texas annexation	James Knox Polk John Tyler Zachary Taylor Winfield Scott Samuel Houston Stephen Fuller Austin

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