Edmund Randolph

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Edmund Randolph was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the first U.S. Attorney General and played a key role in drafting and debating the U.S. Constitution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
human
lawyer
statesman
appointedBy George Washington
burialPlace Old Chapel Cemetery, Millwood, Virginia
countryOfCitizenship Colony and Dominion of Virginia
surface form: Colony of Virginia

United States of America
dateOfBirth 1753-08-10
dateOfDeath 1813-09-12
educatedAt College of William & Mary
endTime tenure as United States Attorney General ended in 1794
tenure as United States Secretary of State ended in 1795
term as Governor of Virginia ended in 1788
familyName Randolph
father John Randolph of Roanoke
surface form: John Randolph
givenName Edmund
memberOf Continental Congress
Philadelphia Convention
memberOfPoliticalParty Federalists
surface form: Federalist Party
nobleFamily Randolph family of Virginia
nominatedBy George Washington
notableFor role in drafting and debating the U.S. Constitution
serving as the first United States Attorney General
serving as the second United States Secretary of State
notableWork Virginia Plan
participation in drafting the United States Constitution
occupation diplomat
lawyer
politician
participantIn American Revolutionary War-era politics
Constitutional Convention
surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
placeOfBirth Williamsburg
surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
placeOfDeath Millwood, Virginia
positionHeld Attorney General of Virginia
Governor of Virginia
United States Attorney General
United States Secretary of State
delegate to the Constitutional Convention
delegate to the Continental Congress
religion Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
residence Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Richmond, Virginia
sexOrGender male
spouse Elizabeth Nicholas
startTime tenure as United States Attorney General began in 1789
tenure as United States Secretary of State began in 1794
term as Governor of Virginia began in 1786

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Constitutional Convention keyDelegate Edmund Randolph
Washington administration appointed Edmund Randolph
John Randolph of Roanoke relative Edmund Randolph
Virginia Plan proposedBy Edmund Randolph
Annapolis Convention of 1786 keyDelegate Edmund Randolph
Randolph hasNotableBearer Edmund Randolph
Philadelphia Convention keyDelegate Edmund Randolph
Philadelphia Convention notableNonSigner Edmund Randolph
Committee of Detail member Edmund Randolph
Elizabeth Nicholas spouse Edmund Randolph
Randolph Plan introducedBy Edmund Randolph
council of revision proposedBy Edmund Randolph
subject surface form: Council of Revision
Randolph County, Indiana namedAfter Edmund Randolph