John Randolph (1773 - 1833)

Born 2 Jun 1773 in Cawsons, Prince George County, Virginia

Ancestors

Died 24 May 1833 at age 59 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Preceded by James Barbour

John Randolph US Senator (Class 1) from Virginia 1825—1827

Succeeded by John Tyler

Biography

John Randolph is Notable.

John Randolph is a descendant of Pocahontas. Here is the trail.

HE HAS NO CHILDREN. HE WAS NEVER MARRIED.

John Randolph, (nephew of Theodorick Bland and Thomas Tudor Tucker, half brother of Henry St. George Tucker), was Representative and a Senator from Virginia. Called Randolph of Roanoke to distinguish him from kinsmen; studied under private tutors, at private schools, the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), and Columbia College, New York City; studied law in Philadelphia, Pa., but never practiced.

John engaged in several duels, including nearly with his own cousin, John Wayles Eppes who he unseated from Congress, and with whom he had a difficult relationship. Once on the floor of the House, Randolph called Eppes a liar and the two almost fought a duel.^[1]

Cousin of Thomas jefferson and frequent visitor to Monticello.^[2]

Brother of Richard Randolph of Bizarre Plantation fame.

He was elected to the Sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1799-March 3, 1813); was one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in January 1804 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Judge John Pickering, and in December of the same year against Supreme Court Justice Samuel;

John was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1812 to the Thirteenth Congress; chairman, Committee on Ways and Means (Seventh through Ninth Congresses); elected to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817); was not a candidate for reelection in 1816 to the Fifteenth Congress; elected to the Sixteenth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1819, until his resignation, effective December 26, 1825;

He was appointed to the United States Senate on December 8, 1825, to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1821, caused by the resignation of James Barbour; served from December 26, 1825, to March 3, 1827; unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Senate in 1827; elected to the Twentieth Congress (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1829); was not a candidate for reelection to the Twenty-first Congress; chairman, Committee on Ways and Means (Twentieth Congress); member of the Virginia constitutional convention at Richmond in 1829;

President Andrew Jackson appointed John United States Minister to Russia where he served from May to September, 1830, when he resigned;

He was elected to the Twenty-third Congress and served from March 4, 1833, until his death in Philadelphia, Pa., May 24, 1833; interment at his residence, ‘Roanoke,’ in Charlotte County, Va.; reinterment at ’Hollywood,’ Richmond, Va.^[3]

• Four US states have named counties in John Randolph's honor. They are: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia and Mississippi.

Footnotes

• John was born at Cawsons, Virginia, now Hopewell.^[2]

• John Randolph of Roanoke contracted tuberculosis as a child, the disease from which his brother died. ^[2]

• "Modern science has established that latent pulmonary tuberculosis can sometimes settle in the genital tract and can cause the symptoms and permanent damage that would prevent the onset of puberty. Randolph's brother died of TB, and it appears that Randolph contracted it as a youth and never went through puberty. He finally died of TB at age 60, after it broke out into the open. He began to use opium as a way to deal with the extreme pain caused by his lifelong battle with tuberculosis. Contemporary accounts attest to his having had a belligerent and bellicose personality before the onset of any disease." ^[2]

Slaves

For a list of the slaves he owned and links to their profiles, see:

• Slaves of John Randolph, Virginia
• Roanoke Plantation, Charlotte County, Virginia

Sources

1. ↑ https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/eppes-john-wayles-1772-1823/
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Wikipedia.
3. ↑ Foregoing is from: http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000047

• (Image) John Randolph of Roanoke. Portrait by John Wesley Jarvis (1811). Wikipedia. Public Domain. Accessed: 15 Jun 2016. URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Randolph_of_Roanoke
• A biography pub:1856 "The Life of John Randolph of Roanoke" by Hugh A. Garland begins with descriptions of Frances Randolph's widowhood in her father's home "Caissons" and her marriage to St. George Tucker. [1]

Also see:

• Find A Grave Memorial# 852
• Wikipedia: Roanoke Plantation
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

• Obit, in The Knickerbocker, Vol. 2 (Jul-Dec 1833), p. 154. "In his own estimation, the greatest man on earth." Includes a letter by Randolph concerning his pedigree, p. 157.

• Weil, F: Family Trees, p. 82.

• E. Jay Stith, Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1, (Release date: November 29, 1995), "CD-ROM," Tree #5156, Date of Import: Jan 16, 1999. (1995), "Electronic," Date of Import: Feb 2, 1999.

• Microsoft Encarta 98, "Randolph, John".

• Browne, Allen C. The Portrait Gallery blog. 2015 Dec 27.

• Mentioned in the will of his father John Randolph sr.

• Morenus, David. The Real Pocahontas website, "Pocahontas Descendants" chart, 6bcb.

• Slaughter, Philip. History of Bristol Parish, 2nd edn (1879), p. 159.

• Robertson, Wyndham (1887), Pocahontas and her Descendants, p. 37 (gen 6), also p. 70 (Notice R).

• "Patrick Henry and John Randolph", in Virginia Historical Register", Vol. 4 (1851), no. 1, p. 34.

• https://visitfarmville.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/E13C99E1-CF10-4518-9506-0E77B52B3620-750x593.png

• Garland, Hugh A. (1850). Life of John Randolph, Vol. 1, Vol. 2.

• Bruce, W. Cabell (1922). "John Randolph of Roanoke", 2 vols, Review.

• Jordan, Daniel P. "John Randolph of Roanoke and the Art of Winning Elections, in V.M.H.B, Vol. 86, no. 4 (Oct 1978), p. 389.

• [2] The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy Alexander Brown January 1, 1895 Houghton, Mifflin & Company: Mother page 266.

• In 1819, Randolph provided in his will for the manumission of his slaves after his death. He wrote, "I give and bequeath to all my slaves their freedom, heartily regretting that I have ever been the owner of one."[20] Three years later, in 1822, in a codicil to that will, he stipulated that money be provided to transport and settle the freed slaves on land to be purchased in the free state of Ohio. Each slave above the age of 40 was to receive 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land.[20] He provided for the manumission of hundreds of slaves in his will.[21] Although the will was challenged in the courts, his slaves were ultimately ruled to be free.[22] After a lengthy court case, his will was upheld. In 1846, 383 former "Randolph Slaves" arrived in Cincinnati, before settling in Rumley, Shelby County, Ohio.[23] Many of them ultimately settled at Rossville near Piqua, Ohio,[24] of which only the community cemetery remains.[25] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Randolph_of_Roanoke

• Inventory of Slaves, from the Will of John Randolph of Roanoke, Virginia [3]

1. 227 Fountain Randolph

• John Randolph of Roanoke & the Formation of a Southern Conservatism

by John DeVanney, 23 May, 2023

• See: A Madman's Will: John Randolph, Four Hundred Slaves, and the Mirage of Freedom, by Gregory May, pub. April 11, 2023, Liveright

[ https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2023/05/john-randolph-roanoke-formation-southern-conservatism-john-devanny.html]

Acknowledgements

• Thank you to Theresa Ellenwood for creating WikiTree profile Randolph-779 through the import of LucindaElizaBatesAncestors.ged on Mar 5, 2013.