Peyton Randolph
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Peyton Randolph was an American lawyer and politician from Virginia who became a leading figure in the early revolutionary movement against British rule.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peyton Randolph canonical | 25 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T42088 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Peyton Randolph Context triple: [First Continental Congress, president, Peyton Randolph]
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A.
Frederick Muhlenberg
Frederick Muhlenberg was an American politician and clergyman who became the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives in the early years of the republic.
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B.
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman was an American Founding Father, statesman, and lawyer who uniquely signed all four of the major founding documents of the United States.
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C.
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia who introduced the resolution for independence in the Continental Congress and later signed the Declaration of Independence.
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D.
Thaddeus Stevens
Thaddeus Stevens was a powerful Radical Republican congressman and abolitionist who led efforts in the U.S. House to end slavery and impose strict Reconstruction policies on the former Confederate states.
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E.
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a prominent Maryland planter, lawyer, and statesman who became the only Catholic signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and later served as a U.S. senator.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Peyton Randolph Target entity description: Peyton Randolph was an American lawyer and politician from Virginia who became a leading figure in the early revolutionary movement against British rule.
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A.
Frederick Muhlenberg
Frederick Muhlenberg was an American politician and clergyman who became the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives in the early years of the republic.
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B.
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman was an American Founding Father, statesman, and lawyer who uniquely signed all four of the major founding documents of the United States.
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C.
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia who introduced the resolution for independence in the Continental Congress and later signed the Declaration of Independence.
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D.
Thaddeus Stevens
Thaddeus Stevens was a powerful Radical Republican congressman and abolitionist who led efforts in the U.S. House to end slavery and impose strict Reconstruction policies on the former Confederate states.
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E.
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a prominent Maryland planter, lawyer, and statesman who became the only Catholic signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and later served as a U.S. senator.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American lawyer
ⓘ
American politician ⓘ human ⓘ revolutionary leader ⓘ |
| appointedBy | British Crown as Attorney General of Virginia ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1721-09-10 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Williamsburg
ⓘ
surface form:
Williamsburg, Virginia
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
Great Britain
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1775-10-22 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Philadelphia
ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
| educatedAt | College of William & Mary ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
English American
ⓘ
surface form:
English Americans
|
| familyName | Randolph ⓘ |
| givenName | Peyton ⓘ |
| hasHonor | Peyton Randolph House named in his honor ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
American Revolutionary era
ⓘ
surface form:
American Revolutionary period
Colonial America ⓘ |
| legalTraining | studied law at the Middle Temple, London ⓘ |
| locatedMemorial | Peyton Randolph House, Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Second Continental Congress
ⓘ
surface form:
Continental Congress
House of Burgesses ⓘ
surface form:
Virginia House of Burgesses
|
| notableFor |
being one of the earliest presiding officers of a united colonial assembly
ⓘ
leadership in early American revolutionary politics ⓘ |
| notableWork |
leadership in the First Continental Congress
ⓘ
opposition to the Stamp Act ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
planter ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| participantIn |
American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
surface form:
American Revolution
First Continental Congress ⓘ Second Continental Congress ⓘ Stamp Act 1765 ⓘ
surface form:
Stamp Act crisis
|
| placeOfBurial | Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Patriot ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Attorney General of the Colony of Virginia
ⓘ
President of the First Continental Congress ⓘ President of the Second Continental Congress ⓘ Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses ⓘ |
| relative |
Edmund Randolph (nephew)
ⓘ
Jane Bolling Randolph (mother) ⓘ John Randolph of Roanoke ⓘ
surface form:
John Randolph (father)
John Randolph of Roanoke ⓘ
surface form:
John Randolph Jr. (brother)
Sir John Randolph (father, sometimes styled) ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
John Hancock
ⓘ
surface form:
John Hancock as President of the Second Continental Congress
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| residence |
Williamsburg
ⓘ
surface form:
Williamsburg, Virginia
|
| spouse | Elizabeth Harrison Randolph ⓘ |
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Subject: Peyton Randolph Description of subject: Peyton Randolph was an American lawyer and politician from Virginia who became a leading figure in the early revolutionary movement against British rule.
Referenced by (25)
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