John Randolph of Roanoke

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American politician diplomat human member of the United States House of Representatives orator planter slave owner

John Randolph of Roanoke was an influential early 19th-century American congressman and orator from Virginia, known for his fiery rhetoric, staunch states’ rights advocacy, and idiosyncratic political independence.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician → diplomat → human → member of the United States House of Representatives → orator → planter → slave owner →
birthDate	1773-06-02 →
birthPlace	Cawsons, Prince George County, Virginia →
burialPlace	Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia →
causeOfDeath	tuberculosis →
countryOfCitizenship	United States → United States of America →
deathDate	1833-05-24 →
deathPlace	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania →
educatedAt	College of New Jersey (did not graduate) → Columbia College (did not graduate) → private tutors →
ethnicGroup	English American →
familyName	Randolph →
fullName	John Randolph of Roanoke →
givenName	John →
ideology	agrarianism → states’ rights → strict constructionism →
knownFor	fiery rhetoric → idiosyncratic political independence → opposition to federal economic programs → opposition to the War of 1812 → staunch defense of states’ rights →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	House Committee on Ways and Means → United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
nickname	John Randolph of Roanoke →
notableWork	influential congressional speeches →
occupation	orator → planter → politician →
politicalAlignment	states’ rights advocate →
politicalParty	Democratic-Republican Party → Tertium Quids faction of the Democratic-Republican Party →
positionHeld	Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means → Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia → U.S. Minister to Russia → United States Senator from Virginia →
region	Southern United States →
relative	Edmund Randolph → Peyton Randolph → Richard Randolph of Bizarre →
residence	Roanoke Plantation, Charlotte County, Virginia →
stateRepresented	Virginia →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Randolph County, Alabama → Randolph County, Georgia → Randolph County, Missouri →	namedAfter
Peyton Randolph ("John Randolph (father)") → Peyton Randolph ("John Randolph Jr. (brother)") →	relative
Edmund Randolph ("John Randolph") →	father
John Randolph of Roanoke →	fullName
Democratic-Republican Party →	majorFigure
John Randolph of Roanoke →	nickname