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Edmund Randolph
Secretary of State,
Term of Appointment:
01/02/1794 to
08/20/1795
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- Born at "Tazewell Hall", near Williamsburg, Virginia, August 10, 1753;
- Attended the College of William and Mary;
- Admitted to the bar and practiced in Williamsburg;
- Appointed aide-de-camp to General Washington in 1775;
- Member of the Virginia constitutional convention and became mayor of Williamsburg in 1776;
- Married Elizabeth Nicholas the same year;
- Served as Attorney General of Virginia 1776-1786;
- Member of the Continental Congress 1779-1782;
- Served as Governor of Virginia 1786-1788;
- Delegate to the Annapolis Convention of 1786 and to the Federal Constitutional Convention of 1787; was a member of the Virginia convention of 1788 that ratified the Constitution;
- Member of the State House of Delegates 1788-1789;
- Served as Attorney General in President Washington's Cabinet 1789-1794;
- Commissioned Secretary of State January 2, 1794, entered upon his duties the same day, and served until August 20, 1795;
- As Secretary of State, directed the negotiation of the treaty of 1795 with Spain, highly favorable to the interests of the United States;
- Moved to Richmond and resumed the practice of law;
- Senior counsel for Aaron Burr in the treason trial of 1807;
- Died in Clarke County, Virginia, September 12, 1813.
Released on July 15, 2003
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