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instanceOf
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American lawyer
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American politician
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human
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revolutionary leader
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appointedBy
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British Crown as Attorney General of Virginia
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birthDate
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1721-09-10
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birthPlace
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Williamsburg, Virginia
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countryOfCitizenship
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Great Britain
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United States of America
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deathDate
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1775-10-22
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deathPlace
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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educatedAt
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College of William & Mary
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ethnicGroup
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English Americans
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familyName
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Randolph
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givenName
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Peyton
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hasHonor
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Peyton Randolph House named in his honor
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historicalEra
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American Revolutionary period
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Colonial America
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legalTraining
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studied law at the Middle Temple, London
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locatedMemorial
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Peyton Randolph House, Colonial Williamsburg
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memberOf
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Continental Congress
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Virginia House of Burgesses
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notableFor
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being one of the earliest presiding officers of a united colonial assembly
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leadership in early American revolutionary politics
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notableWork
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leadership in the First Continental Congress
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opposition to the Stamp Act
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occupation
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lawyer
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planter
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politician
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participantIn
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American Revolution
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First Continental Congress
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Second Continental Congress
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Stamp Act crisis
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placeOfBurial
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Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia
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politicalAlignment
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Patriot
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positionHeld
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Attorney General of the Colony of Virginia
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President of the First Continental Congress
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President of the Second Continental Congress
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Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
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relative
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Edmund Randolph (nephew)
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Jane Bolling Randolph (mother)
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John Randolph (father)
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John Randolph Jr. (brother)
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Sir John Randolph (father, sometimes styled)
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replacedBy
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John Hancock as President of the Second Continental Congress
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residence
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Williamsburg, Virginia
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spouse
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Elizabeth Harrison Randolph
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