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Though the convention's initial endorsement of the Virginia Plan no doubt gratified him, Randolph grew more and more disillusioned as the delegates' work progressed. He may have believed that the small states forced too many concessions on the large states, particularly concerning representation in the powerful Senate.
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Oct 30, 2024 ˇ The Virginia Assembly elected him attorney general of the state, and he also served intermittently (1779–82) as a delegate to the Continental ...
Although his father remained a firm Loyalist throughout the American Revolution, Randolph joined the war effort as an aide-de-camp to General George Washington.
He went on to be appointed the first Attorney General under President Washington and followed Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State. He retired from politics ...
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At 23, he was the youngest delegate to the convention that adopted Virginia's first state constitution in 1776. He rose fast in colonial politics, becoming the ...
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He is best known for introducing and defending the Virginia Plan and then declining to sign the Constitution of September 17, 1787.
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Edmund was a Patriot and clashed with his father John who was a Loyalist. Randolph served as the mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia, the Justice of Peace for James ...