Edmund Randolph

Edmund Randolph Jenings ( born August 10, 1753 Williamsburg, Virginia, † September 12, 1813 in Carter Hall, near Millwood, Clarke County, Virginia) was an American attorney, Governor of Virginia, Secretary of State, and the first United States Attorney General ( attorney General ).

Life

Randolph was the son of a prominent family of immigrants in Williamsburg. His training as a lawyer he got at the local College of William and Mary. After successfully completing his studies, he worked in his father's company. 1775, with the start of the American Revolution, most members of the Randolph family returned to Britain. Edmund, however, joined the army and fought under General George Washington.

When his uncle Peyton Randolph died, he went as a steward of the land back to Virginia. A short time later he became mayor of Williamsburg and the first Attorney General ( Attorney General ) of the state of the newly formed Virginia. In 1779 he was elected to the Continental Congress and retained his office until in 1782. During this time he also had his own law practice.

1786, he was elected governor of Virginia, and in 1789 he became the first Attorney General. From 2 January 1794 to August 20, 1795 he was Secretary of State in the cabinet Washington. He then returned to Virginia and worked as a practicing attorney. His successor as Secretary of State Timothy Pickering was.